Nate Silver

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Hypothetically, you could calculate the impact something like this. Let's say the new variance increase the herd immunity threshold by 5-10%. And let's say we're vaccinating 5-10% of people per month. Not the end of the world but that means one more hard month next year. — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

@NAChristakis One hope is that we can get a lot of old/vulnerable people vaccinated before it becomes completely predominant in the US (if it is indeed more contagious). So it would mean more cases, but not necessarily quite as many deaths. — PolitiTweet.org