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In reply to the discussion: India. Pay attention to India. [View all]DenaliDemocrat
(1,798 posts)And this is the second time you have put out disinformation regarding these vaccines. The first being your explanation for blood clots from J&J.
India is a mess because of political nonsense. The same as Brazil. It is NOT going t happen here, especially with Biden in charge.
What is going to happen is this:
The virus has escaped into the wild. Animals are catching it. Thank God it does not mutate like the flu where each infection in an animal is a nee opportunity for a novel infection with varying results.
The unvaccinated ARE going to catch COVID, its inevitable. Of them, about one in 100 will die unless new drugs are found. That number may trend lower since older folks have been good at getting vaccinated. Surprisingly, studies are showing infected people still have good immunity 1 year post infection, but obviously varies from person to person.
The virus cannot mutate to a point that will make our current vaccines useless. It just doesnt work that way. Can their effectiveness be reduced? Absolutely, however to date even with reduced antibodies, protection from death is 100%. There is more to an immune response than neutralizing antibodies.
We will have boosters that address the most common variants. Really being the British and SA strain. Most of the mutations to date are a branch off of those trees.
COVID will smolder in this country forever unless or until we get 85% immunity. Even then, with global travel its likely here forever.
The lesson from India is dont elect idiots into office. What is happening there is not going to happen here
We are NOT India. We are NOT going down that path. To suggest we are is fear mongering and ignoring the science
Edit: All of our vaccines were produced here or in Europe. None of them came from India. Why would you say that?