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Re:Having SARS once confers greater immunity than vaccine:va... by wilde on Thursday September 02, 2021 @08:12AM (#28391114)
Do we want to eradicate COVID? Or do we think that it’s mild enough to not be worth the effort? There is no evidence that waiting for natural immunity will work. There is a list of diseases (polio, etc) where we’ve shown we can eliminate using mandatory vaccines.
Re:Having SARS once confers greater immunity than vaccine:va... by bitcurious on Thursday September 02, 2021 @08:20AM (#28391180)
“Polio, etc.”, is a hilarious way to abridge a list of length two.

The list is polio, smallpox. And technically polio isn’t completely eradicated, just very controlled.

Re:Having SARS once confers greater immunity than vaccine:va... by wilde on Thursday September 02, 2021 @08:23AM (#28391203)
Measles and rubella were also once declared eliminated in the US in the early 2000s. Parents who refused to vaccinate brought measles back.
Re:Having SARS once confers greater immunity than vaccine:va... by jtbayly on Thursday September 02, 2021 @08:16AM (#28391148)
We would like to eradicate it. Just like we’d like to eradicate the common cold and flu. The problem is that we have no reason to think we can do so, even if we force everyone to be vaccinated three times per year.
Re:Having SARS once confers greater immunity than vaccine:va... by wilde on Thursday September 02, 2021 @08:32AM (#28391275)
We force all hospital workers to get it. They have greatly improved outcomes. The more interesting studies show that the flu vaccines become really effective when both the patients and the health care workers are vaccinated at high rates. That’s the annoying thing about vaccines. They need high rates of adoption.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/toolkit/long-term-care/why.htm

Re:Having SARS once confers greater immunity than vaccine:va... by rory on Thursday September 02, 2021 @08:50AM (#28391424)
"Vaccines becoming really effective" is a far cry from eradication. There's still no reason to believe we can eradicate Covid in the foreseeable future.
Re:Having SARS once confers greater immunity than vaccine:va... by loopz on Thursday September 02, 2021 @12:27PM (#28394058)
Corona vaccines can't be too broad, or they become dangerous.
Re:Having SARS once confers greater immunity than vaccine:va... by raxxorrax on Friday September 03, 2021 @05:18AM (#28402028)
This is misinformation. Covid cannot be eradicated. Aside from animal hosts it will become endemic. So vaccination should be a choice since it will only affect your safety.