"Here, then, is the current pandemic dilemma: Vaccines remain the best way for individuals to protect themselves, but societies cannot treat vaccines as their only defense."

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Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 05:25:55 +0000

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Thread-topic: "Here, then, is the current pandemic dilemma: Vaccines remain the best way for individuals to protect themselves, but societies cannot treat vaccines as their only defense."

For a broad perspective: Ed Yong (pulitzer prize-winning science writer) has just written this piece, which integrates many of the points raised in recent discussions:

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/08/delta-has-changed-pandemic-endgame/619726/

Delta Has Changed the Pandemic Endgame - The Atlantic

www.theatlantic.com

Cases of COVID-19 are rising fast. Vaccine uptake has plateaued. The pandemic <em>will </em>be over one day—but the way there is different now.

Dr. Stacy Leigh Pigg
Professor of Anthropology

Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive

Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada

At Simon Fraser University, we live and work on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw), Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm), and Kwikwetlem First Nations. I respectfully acknowledge this fact.