The authors respond to criticisms of their model parameters

The authors respond to criticisms of their model parameters Letters The authors respond where there is far more widespread David Fisman MD MPH to criticisms of their model immunity among unvaccinated than Professor, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. [...] We appreciate the opportunity to t h o u g h t h e y h a v e a l r e a d y c o m e Afia Amoako MScPH respond to correspondence related to through an epidemic (while ignoring Doctoral student, University of Toronto, our article.1 Critics of our paper suggest the costs and risks of their having done Toronto, Ont. [...] cine efficacy in the face of Omicron infec- Balancing the rights of individuals 7. [...] tain provisions to limit the freedoms of Content licence: This is an Open Access article Although it is true, as Doidge and col- individuals when this is necessary for distributed in accordance with the terms of the leagues note in their letter,5 that it would protection of the wider community from Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC-ND be possible to create scenarios where virulent communicabl. [...] original publication is properly cited, the use is noncommercial (i.e., research or educational would necessitate the use of parameters Identification of sources of risk does, use), and no modifications or adaptations are without relation to real-world data, and however, allow us to protect the popula- made.