Dr. Vin Gupta On Covid: 'April 1st Will Be A Watershed Moment For The Country' - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

NBC News National Correspondent Gabe Gutierrez, NBC News Correspondent Ellison Barber, and MSNBC Medical Contributor Dr. Vin Gupta joined Stephanie Ruhle to discuss the latest in Covid including more states losing mask mandates, vaccine mandate protests continuing in Canada, and an endemic phase that might be insight. Dr. Vin Gupta says by early April the U.S. will reach population level immunity. ”Will be truly at an endemic phase based on all forecasts.” Aired on 02/06/2022.

[SheltieLover]

1. K&R!

Why do they keep removing mask mandates?

[SheltieLover]

6. Same here!

Yup could well be!

[ificandream]

4. I'm not taking mine off for a couple of reasons.

One is just to be safe from people who are less careful. The other is I've had a bout of melanoma. I was fortunate that it was caught early and pretty much taken care of, but I have lasting effects from it. So I actually double mask all the time and have to wear sleeves even in the summer.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. And then they reinstate them when they get a surge in cases! That's happened here in New York...

[SheltieLover]

9. Same everywhere, to the extent allowed.

Morans!

[ificandream]

2. God, I hope you're right.

[Warpy]

7. Pediatric cases were never the biggest concern. Staff cases were.

Masking the kids does cut down on pediatric cases, the data are in, but universal masking cuts down on staff cases tremendously. Schools have closed not because the kids are all sick but because teachers and other personnel are ill in sufficient number that subs can't cover for all of them and the school has to close.

And yes, it's the idiot parents, the kids are fine with it.

RWNJs are crap at thinking this stuff through, and so it seems are some reporters.

[FloridaBlues]

8. I just picked up 3 N95 mask for free today at pharmacy. Thank you Pres Biden

[underpants]

10. I did a few days ago.

Went for something else and saw home tests (I already got my 4 free) and thought Hey! Do you have masks? The cashier gave me 4.

[Rhiannon12866]

12. Thanks for the reminder! I plan on stopping at the pharmacy tomorrow!

[Fiendish Thingy]

11. How is "Population level immunity defined"? Is that different than herd immunity? Nt

[Gore1FL]

14. I wondered that myself. It appears they are synonymous based on the article linked below:

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2021/what-is-herd-immunity-and-how-can-we-achieve-it-with-covid-19

When most of a population is immune to an infectious disease, this provides indirect protection—also called population immunity, herd immunity, or herd protection—to those who are not immune to the disease.

[Fiendish Thingy]

15. Herd immunity requires around 90% of population to be immune- I don't think US will reach that.

I think Gupta is either overly optimistic or is moving the goalposts/definitions…

[magicguido]

13. Hope so; but all those Unvaccinated Magheads have been breeding new variants