Faced with Covid, young people certainly run no risk, or almost.
With a risk of 1.7 deaths per million under the age of 18, vaccination will therefore only bring them very limited individual benefit.
But nationwide, their protection against the virus will have a very significant impact on exceeding the collective immunity threshold as quickly as possible.
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Epidemiologists and modelers have calculated that it will be necessary to vaccinate around 70% of the French population to break the chains of transmission of the coronavirus.
By excluding the 16 million under 18 in France, this amounts to having to vaccinate 90% of adults, an unachievable goal without making vaccination compulsory.
This collective immunity threshold is not just a fine theoretical objective: it is the only way to definitively dispense with barrier gestures, such as wearing a mask in public or limiting large gatherings.
Because below this threshold, the transmission of the virus can continue to increase
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