Louis Gossett Jr
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Probably should be asking Mako's mom for the real details, but its Gonorrhea and Syphilis that need that needle shot.
Meh, people think of things way too black and white with the vaccine. The unrealistic expectations were certainly raised because of the first two vaccines but the idea was never going to be eradication despite what people might have implied. Prevention of severe illness, hospitalizations and most important of all death was the number one concern. Variants were going to arise because of the high spread and global conditions, which means new variants were always going to be introduced to the United States.
Media hype and optimistic naive people- everyone in the US will get vaccinated and never need to think about coronaviruses again
Realistic- welcome to a new circulating virus that will never be fully controlled, will enter some type of seasonality like the flu, kill 30-40,000 in the US every year, you will get a covid vaccine to go with you yearly flu shot.
i think this is a good summary - but just getting to "it's like the flu" is a huge delta vs. where we currently are
I never thought about this til now, but how many versions of the flu vaccine are out there each year?
thanks -- never considered that there was more than one out there, to be honest
do savvy folks seek out certain vaccines in a given year based on research? or are they all pretty much the exact same?
Kinda depends, like antibody cocktails and standard care are what they are now after a year. Definitely has led to a reduction in actual deaths in comparison to the beginning of the pandemic and those may be able to be improved here and there. As far as some magic compound or anti-viral that is essentially take this pill and you will be good, very doubtful. Anti-virals like that for any viral infection are like the holy grail and may not even exist. Essentially the by the time you know you are sick the viral load is in the billions and its just too damn late.
thanks -- never considered that there was more than one out there, to be honest
do savvy folks seek out certain vaccines in a given year based on research? or are they all pretty much the exact same?