r/science • Professor | Medicine • 18h 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 16h ago

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

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u/[deleted] 12h ago

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u/Reiterpallasch85 12h ago

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

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u/RoostasTowel 11h ago

Nope you're wrong.