Comment by mohamedkoubaa
12 hours ago
It doesn't need to be 100% effective in humans, it just needs to slow transmission enough such that the rate of incidence declines in the direction of eradication.
12 hours ago
It doesn't need to be 100% effective in humans, it just needs to slow transmission enough such that the rate of incidence declines in the direction of eradication.
It will have the opposite effect, if people who get the vaccine start behaving as though they are 100% protected (which, many people will).
This is called moral hazard, and people love to worry about it. Usually though (the relevant example here is PrEP, or birth control) it's fine and enables people to live their lives with fewer risks to their, and others, wellbeing
No, I'm not talking about moral hazard at all. I'm just talking about the poor effectiveness. If it were highly effective, like PreP and birth control are, there would be no issue in my mind.
> It will
It might. You don't know that.
The epistemic modality of my statement was implied. I obviously don't know the future.
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