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PoindexterOglethorpe

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3. Repeating what RockRaven says.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri May 21, 2021, 09:45 PM

May 2021

Herd immunity is NOT possible without vaccines. Otherwise, herd immunity would have come in to play with things like smallpox, or measles. Yes, the immunity you get from having a particular disease and recovering is almost always permanent, while vaccine immunity can sometimes wear off. But far more people can be vaccinated, thus achieving immunity, than typically get the disease within a community.

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Brazil senator says Bolsonaro never wanted COVID-19 vaccines, preferred herd immunity [View all] Judi Lynn May 2021 OP

sounds like Brazil has their own Trump Skittles May 2021 #1

For the millionth time -- and it deserves repeating every time -- heard immunity without vaccines RockRaven May 2021 #2

Repeating what RockRaven says. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #3

At least the Swedes were able to acknowledge their miscalculation elias7 May 2021 #4

Herd immunity seems to go along with thinning the herd. keithbvadu2 May 2021 #5