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Re:The end of the pandemic is near by aqme28 on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @11:56AM (#27292160)
Consider then my family member, who is elderly and immuno-compromised such that the vaccine may not be effective.
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Re:The end of the pandemic is near by nradov on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @02:03PM (#27293936)
Immunocompromised people always have been at risk and always will be at risk. The presence of one more endemic coronavirus doesn't really change anything. Other endemic coronaviruses already have a high fatality rate in that population. I don't mean to minimize your family member's situation but that's just medical reality.

https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/223/9/1564/5899001

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Re:The end of the pandemic is near by hvac on Thursday May 27, 2021 @11:47AM (#27304470)
Having an already-high baseline risk before adding covid is a reason to be more cautious, not less. The point is that this particular vector is so trivially preventable.
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