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by thehappypm 1254 days ago
There’s a population factor and an individual factor. Let’s say it’s half effective. By vaccinating the population, the virus spreads more slowly, since half of people are dead ends. So you wind up with less cases in aggregate — and potentially exponentially less.
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Also very true! Blunting logarithmic growth is a huge net positive.