I worry it may be a problem. Anti-vaxxers are not “some tiny percentage” — it might average out to be a relatively small percentage, but in some communities, they can be a sizable percentage of the population.
“ The most recent figures show that California now falls below the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommended vaccination rate of 95 percent, considered necessary to protect a community from disease outbreaks through herd immunity. Those numbers also obscure big differences in vaccination rates from one zip code to another, from as low as 19 percent in one community in northern Los Angeles County to as high as 99 percent in Watsonville, a farm town in Santa Cruz County.”
Part of it comes down to how effective a Covid-19 vaccine is. If it’s 70% effective, that *should* be enough for herd immunity, but what if you’re part of the 30% who, unbeknownst to you, didn’t gain immunity, and you drive into one of those anti-vaxxer areas on your way to Disneyland...
“ The most recent figures show that California now falls below the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommended vaccination rate of 95 percent, considered necessary to protect a community from disease outbreaks through herd immunity. Those numbers also obscure big differences in vaccination rates from one zip code to another, from as low as 19 percent in one community in northern Los Angeles County to as high as 99 percent in Watsonville, a farm town in Santa Cruz County.”
Part of it comes down to how effective a Covid-19 vaccine is. If it’s 70% effective, that *should* be enough for herd immunity, but what if you’re part of the 30% who, unbeknownst to you, didn’t gain immunity, and you drive into one of those anti-vaxxer areas on your way to Disneyland...