Delaying a Covid vaccine’s second dose boosts immune response

Re:Delaying a Covid vaccine’s second dose boosts immune resp... by TchoBeer on Friday May 14, 2021 @02:08PM (#27157637)

I don't see why eliminating disease is an abhorrent nightmare to you. Is the fact that no one gets polio anymore also an abhorrent nightmare?

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Re:Delaying a Covid vaccine’s second dose boosts immune resp... by at-fates-hands on Friday May 14, 2021 @02:29PM (#27157958)

Polio was never eliminated. It still persists in poor countries and among abject poverty stricken communities.

Wild poliovirus has been eradicated in all continents except Asia, and as of 2020, Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only two countries where the disease is still classified as endemic.[5][6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio_eradication

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Re:Delaying a Covid vaccine’s second dose boosts immune resp... by robbrown451 on Friday May 14, 2021 @02:52PM (#27158265)

Eliminated and eradicated are not the same thing.

Polio certainly has been eliminated from the United States. The point is, polio is no longer a significant problem here.

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Re:Delaying a Covid vaccine’s second dose boosts immune resp... by TchoBeer on Friday May 14, 2021 @03:28PM (#27158702)

Sorry, maybe I should've specified _In the United States_

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