ontdiver
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Breath in, breath out. We will get there eventually.
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Right. You can GUARANTEE on Nov 1 our Executive branch is going to announce mass deployment of whatever vaccine happens to be furthest along at that point, regardless of safety or efficacy.You may want to be more specific by adding “effective” to the bet.
I bet one benjamin franklin that there is never a vaccine.
We will get our seasonal COVID shot just like the flu shot.
Hell, they may combine them.
Do I know for sure - nope but this is what I would bet my money on over a vaccine.
Where will you put the 9 to 12 million bodies as you move toward herd immunity?
The flu shot is a vaccine: Influenza vaccines, also known as flu shots or flu jabs, are vaccines that protect against infection by influenza viruses. New versions of the vaccines are developed twice a year, as the influenza virus rapidly changes.I bet one benjamin franklin that there is never a vaccine.
We will get our seasonal COVID shot just like the flu shot.
Hell, they may combine them.
Do I know for sure - nope but this is what I would bet my money on over a vaccine.
He does not mention people who might have immunity for yet unknown reasons or because they have been infected.You're both right, sort of. @broncobowsher is correctly describing the mechanism by which herd immunity works, but not quite right on the effect of it, which is well-characterized by @scrane
Quick 3-min video on this one. It's from 2017, so of course the political climate regarding herd immunity has changed a lot, but the science has not: