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Re:New Covid variant BA.2 detected in at least 40 different ... by superkuh on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @01:48PM (#30076140)
Natural immunity is not an acceptable solution. Not for sars-cov-2 just the way it wasn't for Polio. With Polio ~70% of people infected were asymptomatic. ~29% had bad diarrhea and gastrointestinal discomfort. 0.5% had that and then were paralyzed for life. It's a pretty apples to apples comparison.

Natural immunity is the worst possible outcome and it leaves millions with their lives ruined. Omicron, even in vaccinated populations, is not in any sense good or even less bad.

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Re:New Covid variant BA.2 detected in at least 40 different ... by ipspam on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @02:00PM (#30076332)
Your comparing sar-cov-2 to polio? It's a horrible comparison. Polio strikes the young because it was endemic and older people already had Immunity. It doesn't kill but maims. The average paralytic polio case meant closer to 50 years of productive life lost, whereas the average COVID death represents maybe 10 years at most.

Polio has no animal reservoirs, only human reservoirs, therefore it is defeatable.

COVID has many animal reservoirs, therefore it is undefeatable.

It was also accepted fact that polio vaccines killed children. It is not yet accepted fact that COVID vaccines kill people. At least they were honest back then.

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