How many people need to be vaccinated before COVID-19 transmission starts to drop?

Good morning! The end goal of our vaccination drive is herd immunity: the point at which enough people are immune to COVID-19 that even the ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

Presented by   Good morning! The end goal of our vaccination drive is herd immunity: the point at which enough people are immune to COVID-19 that even the unvaccinated are mostly protected. But that target—which we may reach when about 90% of the population is vaccinated, according to experts—is months away, at best. Cases and deaths, however, are soaring now, even as the pace of vaccination picks up. When will the shots we’re giving start to make a dent in the rate of transmission, signaling a turning point in our fight against the virus? Scientists say… it’s complicated. Read more here. —Morgan Clendaniel   coronavirus How many people need to be vaccinated before COVID-19 transmission starts to drop? Experts say at least 50% of the U.S. likely needs to be vaccinated before the infection rate starts to change. But there are more complicated factors to consider.   tech MAGA is a superbrand. Cutting off Trump’s social media isn’t enough Ousting the president from Twitter and Facebook is a good start. But the Trump brand is what keeps his crowd together.   tech As a mob attacked the Capitol, Wikipedia struggled to find the right words ‘Storming’? ‘Insurrection’? ‘Riot’? ‘Attempted coup’? On Wikipedia, where neutrality is prized above all, volunteers are still struggling to name what happened on January 6.

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