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riffraff on Aug 23, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Coronavirus Is Here Forever

we know the new variants are more contagious than what we had last year, if the vaccines didn't limit growth we should see a steeper curve, I believe.

rajin444 on Aug 23, 2021 [–]

How do you account for prior immunity as well as the "pool" of people that would show up as a case going down as well?

Both those factors would result in a softer curve without any vaccination.

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