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by Doxin 2138 days ago
Luckily we don't need a 100% compliance rate to have vaccination be effective. As long as vaccination pushes the reproduction number below 1 the virus should more or less peter out.

How many people need vaccinating depends on many factors. It'll be dependent on how effective the vaccine is, how many people can't get vaccinated due to nonfunctional immune systems or allergies etc, how many people will keep washing their hands diligently after the worst has passed, and many many other factors.

So with any luck mandatory vaccinations won't be necessary to beat corona virus allowing everyone to keep their bodily autonomy intact as far as vaccinations go.