Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, death by 85%

Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by wonderwonder on Friday November 05, 2021 @02:12PM (#29122828)

My guess is that the end game is when the vaccine mandate goes into effect in January. Most people will get vaccinated and those that don't wont and nothing will make them. At that point in time all that could be done has been done and life goes on. Optimally enough will be to grant some form of herd immunity or reducing the spread. I'll just get a booster when I can and go about my life. I have for all intents and purpose resumed normal life. I wear a mask in a grocery store most of the time just to give some respect to the cashiers who are wearing them but that's essentially it.

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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by bad_username on Friday November 05, 2021 @02:30PM (#29123070)

> Most people will get vaccinated and those that don't wont and nothing will make them.

I am almost certain they will mandate the vaccination of children 5 and older.

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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by wonderwonder on Friday November 05, 2021 @02:48PM (#29123282)

I think that will be on a state by state basis as from my understanding the individual states set the vaccine requirements for schools. I guess the federal government could try to do something along the lines of the OSHA requirement but I think that would be a political misfire in this environment. Most of what (all) politicians do is to get reelected and I think mandating child Covid vaccination would not work in the current administrations favor especially considering what a good job the republican party has done leveraging the boogey man of critical race theory. So I am doubtful that they mandate vaccines for kids. I could be wrong though.

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