This is important. The fatality rate is not fixed, it's a function of medical care. The calamitous exponential growth in India combined with collapse of even basic resources is a humanitarian catastrophe. It's so horrible that I can't think clearly about it.https://twitter.com/VincentRK/status/1388494709824315401 …
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Intellectually, I see that epidemic curve and it's clear how much tragedy is already baked-in, and how urgent it is for us to act, now. Emotionally, I can't think straight about it. I can't even look at the curve without sheer horror, let alone the news stories or the pictures.
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I don't have much more to add to the urgent calls out there, for the world to act. We don't have the full causal picture yet, and there is a grave danger this catastrophic, exponential explosion in India will also occur in countries in the region also with low vaccination rates.
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Should we be concerned that regions currently raging with contagion have younger populations than those where it (appears to be) is contained — that mutants that will soon dominate will be far more transmissible in children, teens, young adults?
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Can we be concerned about where the crisis is raging, now, rather than future speculative threats?
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Closing in on herd immunity. A total of about 218,635,079 (66.0% of the population) have received at least 1 dose or likely infected. 146,239,208 people (44.0% of the population) received at least 1 dose in the US. About 129,558,608 people (39.1%) have likely been infected.
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Fauci:"When polls said only about half of all Americans would take a vaccine, I was saying herd immunity would take 70 to 75 percent,Then, when newer surveys said 60 percent or more would take it, I thought, 'I can nudge this up a bit,' so I went to 80,85"
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