US will not reach herd immunity for Covid19, What does that mean for Canada?

StatsGuy wrote: ↑ is their hesitation due to the vaccines being developed so fast? i know lots of people who aren't antivax but also not getting the vaccine YET, they say will wait and see after other people go be guinea pigs first. granted these people i know are at very low risk of covid19 (Eg in a country with next to no community transmission and/or wfh and don't really interact with others)

thriftshopper wrote: ↑ My friends just south of the border (actually even a bit north of due east of me) tell me that quite a number of their neighbours in a pinkish area of a blue state refuse to be vaccinated though they've already contracted COVID (social gathering when there were orders not to). From what they observe, it is a politicised decision: Not-a-real-Republican-if-you-are-vaccinated sort of thing. My belief is that if numbers are ever crunched, I think there will be a strong correlation between how you vote(d in 2020) and whether you are fully vaccinated or not at all.

FWIW, a Vancouver Canucks hockey player - Jayce Hawryluk - has been diagnosed as having contracted COVID twice, a year apart. So much for immunity and how long it'll last.

Genia11 wrote: ↑ Maybe the insurance companies will step in and might deny coverage to those who are not vaccinated. That should persuade a lot of people to get that vaccine.