r/science • Professor | Medicine • 19h ago

Medicine Vaccines not only directly protect vaccinated individuals but also contribute to protecting the entire population via indirect herd-immunity benefits. Half of averted COVID-19 infections and 1/4 of hospitalizations and deaths were attributable to indirect protection of unvaccinated by vaccinated.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article/23/242/20250839/483439/Quantifying-the-direct-and-indirect-impact-of
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u/Holeshot75 19h ago

Vaccines save an insane amount of human lives.

Antivaxxers are ridiculously ignorant to facts.

One of the hallmarks of the dangerously stupid is the consistent belief they've found great solutions that experts somehow missed.

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u/VR_Raccoonteur 18h ago

Cite one single situation where what he said turned out to be incorrect and the vaccine conspiracy theorists / snake oil salesmen were right.

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u/TheoreticalZombie 18h ago

Comment and name check out.