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In reply to the discussion: I'm going to make the Covid / Flu comparison... [View all]brush
(53,759 posts)50. I said all along that herd immunity doesn't happen with the flu.
And it's likely going to be the same way with covid...vaxxers and those who think they're immune being factors in that.
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If masks stopped the colds/flu, why didn't they also stop COVID-19 transmissions
Yavin4
Jun 2021
#10
More to the point, a lot of people were casual at best about wearing masks.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jun 2021
#16
Casual mask wearing is, in itself, an argument against masks as an effective weapon against COVID.
Yavin4
Jun 2021
#27
I cannot argue that at all. It has to be both sides, employer and employee...
Wounded Bear
Jun 2021
#12
Probably a large percentage of the unvaccinated have natural antibodies by now
womanofthehills
Jun 2021
#30
No flame here. I've gotten the regular flu vaccine every year now for many years. I
abqtommy
Jun 2021
#15
If herd immunity was possible, wouldn't it have happened with the flu years ago...
brush
Jun 2021
#17
And all these covid variants aren't mutations? We'll probably get yearly covid shots...
brush
Jun 2021
#24
Me to. Or getting there thanks to covid. I've lost 35lbs in the last 14 months.
GulfCoast66
Jun 2021
#55
The worst thing you can do for your kid is keep them too clean every second
GulfCoast66
Jun 2021
#53
I worry about you. Even though they are expensive, you should have those EpiPens just
smirkymonkey
Jun 2021
#58
The worst thing you can do for your kid is keep them too clean every second.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jun 2021
#66