Re:Anti-vaxxers are weaponizing Yelp to punish bars that req...
by eesmith on Sunday June 13, 2021 @02:29AM
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Your vaccine works now. Why do you believe it will work for the rest of your life?
While it works against the main COVID-19 variants, it might not work against some evolutionary accessible variant.
New variants require a non-immune host population for natural evolution to occur.
The more people with COVID-19, the more likely there will be some mutation that affects vaccinated people.
This is why the flu shot doesn't carry life-time immunity against influenza.
Therefore, even if I'm only using egotistical reasoning, my understanding of how vaccines work make me care that others also get vaccinated - it reduces my future chance of health problems.
While it works against the main COVID-19 variants, it might not work against some evolutionary accessible variant.
New variants require a non-immune host population for natural evolution to occur.
The more people with COVID-19, the more likely there will be some mutation that affects vaccinated people.
This is why the flu shot doesn't carry life-time immunity against influenza.
Therefore, even if I'm only using egotistical reasoning, my understanding of how vaccines work make me care that others also get vaccinated - it reduces my future chance of health problems.