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In reply to the discussion: So when do we cut out the anti vaccine idiots and start living our regular lives? [View all]womanofthehills
(8,709 posts)19. The double Indian variant is already in the US
Besides Mississippi and Michigan, 4 cases were just discovered in Houston. This is the double variant but now they are talking about the triple Indian variant and people are still arriving from India for the next few days. In India, they are also seeing variants with more than 4 mutations. These vaccines, unlike the polio vaccine which is made from the whole virus (killed) are very narrow vaccines - made not from the whole virus but a lab copy of one part of the virus -the spike protein. Now the new variants have different spike proteins than the original virus had - so boosters are needed. What is driving me crazy is that all my friends who are vaccinated think they no longer need a mask including a doctor friend.
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So when do we cut out the anti vaccine idiots and start living our regular lives? [View all]
GulfCoast66
May 2021
OP
I hear you. I think most vaccinated people are very eager to go out and be normal again
LymphocyteLover
May 2021
#1
I hit two weeks after my 2nd tomorrow and have no plans to engage in any indoor public activities
CentralMass
May 2021
#4
Unless you are an immunologist or have some other particular qualifications
CentralMass
May 2021
#20
I have no great desire to try out the efficacy of my Pfizer vaccine in the name of science or for
CentralMass
May 2021
#71
If you're going to claim to be taking a scientific stand, you need to stop the hyperbole
muriel_volestrangler
May 2021
#74
Lots of scary headlines out there the past few days - I doubt immune escape equals a mild case
womanofthehills
May 2021
#50
Why don't insurance companies deny Covid coverage for those that refuse a vaccine?
dem4decades
May 2021
#7
As if Florida had that problem with telling companies how to run their business.
dem4decades
May 2021
#12
Because with all the new variants, vaccine protection will be sub optimal until we have a booster
womanofthehills
May 2021
#22
You Are Definitely On Point-We Should Be the Party Seeking to Quickly Reach Herd Immunity
Stallion
May 2021
#13
All well and good - as long as variants that evade the immune system don't start spreading
womanofthehills
May 2021
#23
My view exactly. But my concern is Democratic office holders will keep restrictions going
GulfCoast66
May 2021
#76