The most fundamental obstacle in the public narratives on Covid is the idea that reducing transmission and…

The most fundamental obstacle in the public narratives on Covid is the idea that reducing transmission and vaccinating are two distinct options. They’re the same thing. Vaccines only protect individuals when transmission is controlled (in part also by them). /1 https://t.co/jRiB1QMR64

They don’t need to be ‘sterilising’ to do that, they just need to reduce viral load in individuals, which slows transmission. If that slowing achieves Rt<1, the pathogen is toast. Maths does the rest. If transmission is too high, the pathogen can evade the vaccine as well. /2 https://t.co/1PfItnXnjd

It’s all one thing. It’s not two things. Individual immunity and collective spread of infection are the same thing, viewed in two different ways. /end h/t @DrPieterPeach Source: https://t.co/xmx7ZYC7ed