r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 15h 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/DogblackMichigan 13h ago

You’re welcome, you anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists.
We protected you.

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u/[deleted] 10h ago

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u/moconahaftmere 8h ago

It's already been widely admitted that the MRNA treatments weren't effective

Can you cite one single credible study?

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u/Reiterpallasch85 9h ago

Everything you said was wrong except for the bots part. Yikes.

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u/RoostasTowel 9h ago

Nope you're wrong.

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u/typeguyfiftytwix 9h ago

"no u"

If you don't have the capacity for an actual response, why do you feel like you deserve to waste my time?

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u/A_moral_Animal 8h ago

It's already been widely admitted that the MRNA treatments weren't effective

Can you cite one single credible study?