[cjdaly]

> get enough people vaccinated that community spread stops being a thing

The problem with this plan is that vaccinated people still catch and spread the virus. The available vaccines do not create "herd immunity" in the traditional sense.

I think the best argument for getting a vaccine now is you will be much less likely to get hospitalized (and/or die) if you catch COVID after being vaccinated. But that argument may not apply to people who already caught it, recovered and now have some natural immunity.

[thebraxton]

Don't they have a lower probability of catching it so it does have a serious impact

[Texaner]

Right. Also a lower chance of hospitalization and death, therefore preventing hospitals from clogging up.

[glogla]

Yes but it even one vaccinated person gets COVID it means the whole vaccine is useless!!!11!

Ugh. The antivax stance on HN makes me think wbole of the banned Reddit antivaxx subs moved here.

[elihu]

That's a good point. I suspect that being vaccinated reduces the likelihood of spreading it to other people somewhat, but I don't know if the data supports that.