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BumRushDaShow

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5. I think the thing that all the medical and science staff need to emphasize
Tue May 4, 2021, 03:05 PM
May 2021

instead of the term "herd immunity", which IMHO is idiotic for this type of virus, is that our goal should be what was drummed into everyone's head a year ago - "flatten the curve"... and by doing that, you REDUCE "community spread", and vaccines help you get there.

And when get it out of the community, you limit the opportunities for the virus to mutate and you will have less viral load shed by someone who might have been "vaccinated" but was still infected.

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