Tuesday, May 11, 2021
During the early stages of the pandemic, many experts considered the threshold for herd immunity to be between 60-70% of the population the point when such a large portion of a community is immune to a disease that it makes spread unlikely.
As of the first week in May, about 57% of American adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
But now, because of more contagious variants, many experts consider the threshold for herd immunity to be at least 80%.
While reaching a critical mass of vaccinated people has been considered by many to signal the end of the pandemic, achieving that number appears to be less and less likely.
Industry fights over global vaccine patents are just warming up washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
River says:
It seems the Biden administrations and those incompetent eight Democratic senators supporting waiving the patent IP did not do their research.
If Pfizer offer the vaccine at the cost for poor countries, how does waiving patent help lower the price? It seems India and African government are playing some games to avoid being blame by their people for their incompetent. At least if the vaccine is made by Pfizer or Modern, one can be sure of handling and quality since it is not easy to handle mRNA vaccine. The flu vaccine that was not keep at proper temperature end up killing people in Korea.
WTO Waiver: What it means for the U S to back waiver on coronavirus vaccine patents washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.