Having SARS once confers greater immunity than vaccine:vaccination remains vital

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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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