Re:Fed to buy junk bonds, lend to states in fresh virus support
by rcpt on Thursday April 09, 2020 @09:28PM
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The flu has a vaccine
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Re:Fed to buy junk bonds, lend to states in fresh virus support
by arcticbull on Friday April 10, 2020 @04:21PM
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Which makes the flu look comparatively worse than COVID since the flu stats include widespread vaccination campaigns. For what it's worth the flu vaccine efficacy ranges from 19-60% (unlike or instance an MMR which will get you 88-97%) because there are a lot of strains of the flu (and which one is dominant in a given season varies) and it mutates regularly. COVID has shown no mutation so far (I believe the delta between viruses across the world is 15 base pairs) so a herd immunity or immunization strategy will be much, much more effective.