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John: if everyone were fully vaccinated, COVID-19 would be at most a minor problem for humans (2021)

prediction · status: unresolved · last event: predicted (2021-04-06) · owner: John

In April 2021 John said that if everyone were fully vaccinated, COVID-19 would be at most a minor problem for humans.

About: COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine

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2021-04-06 predicted If everyone were fully vaccinated tomorrow, COVID-19 would be at most a minor problem for humans. How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? 00:01:56

What is said about it

4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

  • 2021-04-06 · How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? — John: Immunity is not really a personal trait: as Eula Biss wrote, immunity is a public space; every immunized person lessens COVID's ability to reach the vulnerable. — 00:02:26
  • 2021-04-06 · How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? — John: From smallpox to typhoid, we have learned over and over that immunity only really works when it is shared. — 00:02:55
  • 2021-04-06 · How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? — John: Getting vaccinated is something you do for yourself and for your community, so your vaccination matters to John and his to you. — 00:02:55
  • 2021-04-06 · How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? — John: Encouraging people to get vaccinated, John tries not to pose as a fellow vaccine hesitant or to shame anyone, since worry and uncertainty aren't shameful and shame doesn't work. — 00:02:55