Rightly or wrongly, "the world" has its hopes pinned on these vaccines. 1st world countries have more choice as to what can be made available to their populations due to the storage technology available for use and advanced distribution and delivery systems. Here in the DR not so much. It all hinges on the decisions the DR govt makes whether or not this country gets vaccinated quickly and efficiently. Any goal of less that 100% of everyone who lives here is a problem. Individuals may choose not to get vaccinated but the option should be available to everyone everywhere as quickly and easily as possible.
None of the vaccine producers or the pandemic scientists have said the vaccine will stop transmission of the virus.
People have assumed that getting the vaccine along with the unexpected high numbers for immune response that the shot will stop you from transmitting the virus to others but although hoped there is no evidence.
Moderna came out today saying the same thing.
It seems common sense that conferring 95% immunity would mean you automatically do not spread a disease that did not cause symptoms as a result of the vaccine but vaccine science may not follow common sense.
If vaccinated people still spread the virus this is very bad news for the anti vaxxer crowd and means they will all be infected.
Other good news is that none of the mutations of the virus have shown an increase in transmission rates.
US said today that it is releasing the vaccines to the most populous states first.
This could be a science backed approach or a way to simplify distribution.
California, Texas, Florida and New York will lead the pack in that order
No details behind the distribution idea but IF there is good science behind the approach perhaps Santo Domingo is first?
Nice advantage to wait and see is we may learn what does not work.