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In reply to the discussion: Gah! Another anti-mask pseudo-scientific argument [View all]Beartracks
(12,806 posts)Attenuated viruses are not live viruses. They are introduced to the body to trigger the production of specific antibodies so if the person ever does encounter the live virus their body will be prepared to fight it off without the person getting sick: immunity. BUT you don't encounter attenuated viruses in the wild; infected people at the supermarket and pool parties in the Ozarks will only be shedding live virus when they cough and breathe. The idea that you can gradually "get used to" a virus is a) not even possible with a live virus, because b) that's not how immunity works in the first place.
But Republicans, in most every policy and priority they espouse, pay no attention at all to how things actually work. They do love to fling around their truthy-sounding bullshit.
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