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Re:Johnson and Johnson says its Covid booster shot provides ... by joshstrange on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @10:22AM (#28605262)
I'll bet vaccine boosters get the same "but they said masks didn't work"/"they said we didn't need masks" treatment. I would have hoped that we'd learned that lesson but it looks like we are doomed to repeat that all over again. I'm never of fan of lying/misleading the general public because it breads so much mistrust and allows mis/disinformation to spread so much easier later.

If it's not clear, I'm talking about how "we don't need to wear masks" != "masks don't work" as much as it was "we need all the masks for medical staff right now and there is a shortage". Similarly, the messaging should not be "we don't need boosters" because we we inevitably DO need people to take a booster it will be met with resistance due to "changing facts", instead the messaging should be "boosters help but it's better to get more people vaccinated with 1-2 shots before we focus on boosters".

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Re:Johnson and Johnson says its Covid booster shot provides ... by aleister_777 on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @11:04AM (#28605731)
I think the bigger issue is finding the places where strict mask use has reduced COVID. You seem to think there is a lesson to be learned however I'm unable to find any data that support that lesson. Yet, you assert it like it's truth, as if you know the truth and can back it up somehow, but you don't.
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Re:Johnson and Johnson says its Covid booster shot provides ... by xboxnolifes on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @11:09AM (#28605790)
The person you are replying to isn't asserting that masks definitely work. He's asserting that stating "you don't need to wear masks" is not the same as saying "masks don't work".
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