Even when there is an effective vaccine available for MOST CV varieties,

[no_hypocrisy]

there will be a certain segment of the population remaining anti-vaccine and won't submit themselves and will remain either victims or carriers.

What to do about them?

[mwooldri]

1. Phrase "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink"...

... this comes to mind.

[samnsara]

2. i will get this shot! and Im one who doesnt normally get shots only because i live relatively..

..isolated anyway. Im waaaaay out in the boonies and retired and have no need to go into town except to stock up on supplies. But this year I am also getting my very first flu shot ever because if/when I get sick I want them to be able to rule out the flu right away....Dr Fauci convinced me.

[Squinch]

6. If it comes out of Donnie Bodybags's administration, I will not be in the first

wave to take it. I'll take it if it proves safe. But I don't trust a vaccine put out under this administration will be properly vetted.

If it comes out after a few months of Joe's admin, I'll be first in line.

[Squinch]

3. This is really the least of our worries right now.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Operative words: right now

Yes, but it is a variable that has to be calculated for long-term planning.

[Voltaire2]

5. mandatory school vaccinations seems to work pretty well.

It cuts down the numbers, which is all that herd immunity is about anyway. The adults are hopeless unless we end up in an 'immunity passport" situation, which is still unlikely.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Mandatory Is A Soft Version

In some states.
Here in IL, religious belief is an allowed reason for a kid to be unvaccinated & still be allowed in school.
The school needs a parent signed form in the student's file, but that isn't really stopping spread. Just a legal formality.
Any parent could just lie about their reason being religion.
My opinion is no VAX, no school. Parent needs to handle it some way else.
But, my opinion was not shared by the lawmakers.

[Voltaire2]

10. Some states (CA for example) have stiffened the rules

because of the widespread abuse of both religious nd medical exemptions, eliminating religious exemptions and restricting medical.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. We Should Do That Here

This situation might be the political impetus to make it happen.
But, not yet and we're dark blue here. (Well, not south of Bloomington. But soybeans don't vote)

[FakeNoose]

7. Yes and we still need to worry about viral mutations

Typically a vaccine is only effective against one strain of the virus, not all of them. That's why flu shots are only partially effective and only for one season. By the next season the flu virus has already mutated and the shot you got last year doesn't work against the new strain.

The anti-vaxxers will take care of their own problem because they'll be dying out rather quickly.

[WePurrsevere]

9. Not sure what can legally be done about those who won't...

take it but there will be those who can't (due to allergies, etc) so while I'm hoping that a vax is discovered and becomes available for a sliding scale fee/free, it's also very important that we have an efficient & affordable treatment available.

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. If we reach herd immunity, it might be like life with flu risk. But lots

of variables there.

[Terry_M]

13. Herd immunity should be there if we get 70% uptake

Af least that's the best guess right now. We will probably know better by the time the vaccine is there but it should be in that range. Anti vaxxers dont make up 30% luckily.

[lagomorph777]

14. Anti-vaxers will become a smaller segment of the population over time,

because they are killing themselves off.