Technically they have reached herd immunity in the short term. The technical definition of herd immunity is an r0 of less than 1 and they have been below 1 since mid-Febrauary. That doesn’t mean they won’t see an uptick here and there. The goal of true, long term herd immunity is a continuous decline in numbers down to near zero or zero. They aren’t there yet, but heading in the right direction.
It's temporary til it becomes permanent. I think more private businesses will require it then you think. It's not just going to disappear cause the majority are vaccinated.
Do you have any insight into what the nation of Portugal has done to mitigate the virus? Was just looking at Israel and the Portugal case count is right behind them and their daily rate is even lower.
Businesses will do what each needs to do to survive. Each business caters to its clientele and target audience and know it is suicide to do things that endanger their audience. The businesses that want to survive and thrive will work to provide an attractive and safe environment for their guests / clientele. The vaccine passport thing is a bit much as means to corroborate vaccination exist, do not need more bureaucracy. I am sure, as exampled by WDW, the correct things will be done without over bearing government directives. In the case of MLB all the teams have different protocols I am sure as the season progresses modifications will occur to the most successful, efficient and beneficial procedures. I see the Yankees and Mets walking back their procedures. International travel is a beast that involves way more (on multiple levels) than good common sense business practices because multiple governments are involved already.
Businesses aren't going to do things to discourage customers. A retail store, for example, would rather leave the distancing and other protocols in place than require proof of vaccination to shop.
Nobody is saying other people should live on house-arrest.
It's looking like we may need a third, reformulated jab of the mRNA vaccines if we want to keep the South African variant at bay. But at least it looks like we're in good shape with the UK and Brazilian strains.
Where Do COVID Vaccines Stand Against the Variants?
Drugmakers scramble to adapt vaccines to SARS-CoV-2 variants before they outwit our immune systems.www.medscape.com
As usual with Medscape, avoid the unmoderated garbage-fire dump comment section. A lot of those posters who claim to be physicians are clearly not, or at least, they're not practicing within the established guidelines.
Florida currently requires students in public schools K-12 to have immunizations for DTaP (Diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis), polio, MMR (mumps measles rubella), hepatitis B, and varicella (chickenpox).
It's temporary ---- In the sense that the government requirement is temporary. NYS is requiring them to require proof of vaccination or negative test. It's actually not their decision.
They’re seeing hesitancy, sure. But only ~75% of the population is eligible by age, so the fact that they’ve approached 60% is pretty darn good.
.I am interested to see if Yankee and Met fans frequent the away games more than the home games?
That is only people allergic to the vaccine, everyone else can and is recommended to get the vaccine.
They have been in general lockdown since mid-January until April 15th. So National mask mandate, only leave your residence for essential activity. And travel is forbidden between municipalities for Easter Week. They also list “respiratory etiquette” but I am not sure what that means.
It's more complicated than that. I'd imagine if a car manufacturer only sold cars in the State in which they are incorporated and manufacture, the US Federal Government couldn't mandate anything. Of course, the State would have highway funding tied to requiring seatbelts so it is unlikely that any State wouldn't require them.
