Precious Roy wrote:
Polling has shown that about 25-30% say they will not get vaccinated. That number is probably higher than reality because a lot of people are going to have to get vaccinated for work and travel and given in to demands from family to get vaxxed in order to resume in person visits, etc. Real world data is currently showing that COVID 19 rates drop like a stone when vaccination rates hit 60%. That is probably the herd immunity threshold and it may be lower than expected due to very high efficacy. So, getting to 70-80% vaccinated may be what is necessary to get to practical elimination where, like measles, COVID is effectively gone except for the occasional outbreak in an anti-vaxxer community.
not only that but the US is a big, spread-out country. my town (population 250k) is already at 77% of people age 16+ with at least one dose. and clinics are booked for weeks. the rate is going to be very high here and in surrounding towns.
no, the world is not going to eradicate covid anytime soon. and there will always be travelers spreading it from wherever it exists to anywhere else on the planet
but if your community is highly vaccinated, then when a contagious person travels into your community, it will barely spread. the chance that an outbreak occurs and it spreads to you is insanely low
as for the op: your state is probably using a tier plan. idk why people have been so confused about what needs to happen for this or that to change. most of this was established a long time ago. there are tiers defined by certain metrics which determine how severely we respond. california, for example, has the info made very clear at covid19 . ca . gov . if your state isn't as cut and dry like that, then see what your state and local political leaders have been saying lately. google the USA Today covid reopening america map and click on your state
tangent: i miss the times when it was "safety vs economy". we can have both now and do whatever we want but there are so many babies that dont wanna wear a mask and dont wanna get a shot. there were all these people saying "we need to reopen the economy no matter what" and so we're like "ok, no matter what? let's wear masks and get vaccinated" and they're like "no not that!!!" we've practically beat this thing with very low effort required from each individual and they just have to be antagonists to the end