Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US?
by ikrenji on Thursday September 16, 2021 @05:53AM
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its not only possible but it already happened twice ~ with smallpox and polio.
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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US?
by nradov on Thursday September 16, 2021 @10:28AM
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It is not possible to eradicate SARS-CoV-2. We eradicated smallpox and (almost) polio because we had highly sterilizing vaccines and no animal hosts. That situation doesn't obtain with SARS-CoV-2.
Vaccines are highly effective at preventing deaths and I do encourage vaccination, but vaccinated people can still catch and spread the virus. They are probably less contagious on average, but unfortunately that isn't enough to control community spread.
Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US?
by ikrenji on Thursday September 16, 2021 @11:15AM
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there is a too many unknowns for anyone to be able to say its not possible to eradicate covid. whats known for sure is that ~40% vaccination rates would have not been able to eradicate either smallpox or polio...