Re:Coronavirus patients start to overwhelm US hospitals
by gridlockd on Thursday March 26, 2020 @11:47AM
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Its effectiveness has on average been less than 50% in the past decades, sometimes far lower. There's just too many strains and to much seasonal variability.
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Re:Coronavirus patients start to overwhelm US hospitals
by mohaine on Thursday March 26, 2020 @12:21PM
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But they usually also decrease the severity of the symptoms, even when they don't completely block them. This is almost as important as the full effectiveness as helps decreases death and hospital time.