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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ARPackFan" data-source="post: 880213" data-attributes="member: 9355"><p>Slightly less than 50% of the US population over 18 get a yearly flu vaccination that is only 60% effective in preventing flu.  That means only 30% (.5 x .6) of the US is actually immune to the flu in any given season yet that is sufficient to provide adequate barriers.   Even when produced, the COVID-19 vaccines will not be available in sufficient quantity to inoculate all 330 million in the US and by FDA standards will have been a "rush job" subject to legal challenge by anti-vaxxers.   If you are not in the targeted groups for initial vaccination then you get to be a jabroni by selection rather than choice.  In a perfect world everyone would get a yearly flu shot along with a few others but in actuality we just need "good enough" coverage to interrupt infection vectors.  Mandating COVID-19 vaccinations would be an exercise in futility.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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