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Re:Johnson and Johnson says its Covid booster shot provides ... by bryan0 on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @10:38AM (#28605442)
If you’re suggesting everyone should get Covid without being vaccinated, then that’s a really great way to cause millions of unneeded deaths. Just because you’re ok with that outcome don’t expect everyone else to be.

edit: that's not what they were suggesting. I misunderstood!

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Re:Johnson and Johnson says its Covid booster shot provides ... by mensetmanusman on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @10:45AM (#28605529)
I didn’t read it that way at all.

He is repeating what experts have said, which is basically, because Covid is dormant in animals and domestic pets, and because you can spread it while vaccinated, essentially everyone will eventually get Covid. If you are vaccinated, your symptoms will be, on average, less severe.

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Re:Johnson and Johnson says its Covid booster shot provides ... by basch on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @10:50AM (#28605589)
It's probably more than everybody will get it, more like everybody will get it every couple years. Expect it to displace one of the colds, and become a common cold.

Will babies be exposed to it enough, to eventually make vaccination a thing of the past? Do we vaccinate for other common colds right now (OC43)? Or maybe the opposite conclusion, that as you age you should be vaccinated against the common colds.

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Re:Johnson and Johnson says its Covid booster shot provides ... by dham on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @10:42AM (#28605502)
> If you’re suggesting everyone should get Covid without being vaccinated

Never have I said that. I'm just saying it's time to get vaccinated and move on with life. Everyone will get Covid at some point.

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Re:Johnson and Johnson says its Covid booster shot provides ... by bryan0 on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @12:20PM (#28606622)
Ok thanks for clarifying. I misunderstood and agree with your point.
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