Re:Is catching Covid now better than more vaccine?
by gambiting on Saturday August 21, 2021 @08:58AM
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>>If it causes selective pressures that create new variants
Except that it literally doesn't, there is no data to suggest that it would, and I have no idea why this particular idea is repeated so much. Like I said in the comment above, none of the vaccines that we use have ever caused super variants to emerge. Zero. We don't have a super variant of Polio, or any other diseases that people get vaccinated against.
Re:Is catching Covid now better than more vaccine?
by karol on Saturday August 21, 2021 @09:10AM
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Polio is not a coronavirus. SARS has different mutation rate, so this needs to taken into account. Additionally cats, dogs and other animals can be infected and produce unique mutations, unlike polio.
Big pharma also has an interest in promoting booster shots. It would be a steady flow of revenue. If it causes selective pressures that create new variants, that just means a perpetual market for booster shots.