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Elessar Zappa

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7. The COVID vaccines are actually

Reply to hamsterjill (Reply #6)

Tue Aug 31, 2021, 10:33 AM

Aug 2021

more effective than many other vaccines. It may be able to be tweaked to be as effective again as it was before Delta but it won’t get much better than that. I agree that vaccination should be mandatory but, unfortunately, I don’t think we have the political will to do it. I’m hoping an effective viral treatment can be invented that’ll cure COVID once you have it. It’ll be difficult though. Viruses are very hard to treat.

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What are our Goals in Dealing With Covid? [View all] Tomconroy Aug 2021 OP

Taiwan and New Zealand have succeeded in preventing Covid-19 from infecting their citizens. Klaralven Aug 2021 #1

New Zealand hasn't completely succeeded in protecting Tomconroy Aug 2021 #2

New Zealand's COVID-19 'elimination' strategy appears to be working as cases fall for 3 consecutive Klaralven Aug 2021 #10

Their fix was to put the entire country in lockdown for Tomconroy Aug 2021 #14

Be close to how Taiwan has handled it re NPI then vaccinate everyone we can. Death numbers fall uponit7771 Aug 2021 #3

No! I'm sorry. Failure is not an option here. hamsterjill Aug 2021 #4

That's the goal Elessar Zappa Aug 2021 #5

Then we force them to get vaccinated. hamsterjill Aug 2021 #6

The COVID vaccines are actually Elessar Zappa Aug 2021 #7

I understand the science. hamsterjill Aug 2021 #8

Oh, I wasn't trying to imply Elessar Zappa Aug 2021 #9

No worries. hamsterjill Aug 2021 #13

Why is the flu different than polio or small pox? I don't know anything about science. Tomconroy Aug 2021 #11

Not everyone gets the flu vaccine. hamsterjill Aug 2021 #12

Apparently another part of the problem is that the flu mutates Tomconroy Aug 2021 #15

Yes, apparently. hamsterjill Aug 2021 #16