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Re:Universal influenza B vaccine induces broad, sustained pr... by Hallucinaut on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @06:06AM (#32067754)
When a comment leads with a provable falsehood, that "the" COVID vax (already a rampant simplification) "only" reduces risk of a bad case, and that, by implication, there's no reduction in transmission or reduction in duration or reduction in severity of mild cases, there's not much charity to be given.

Using your analogy, it's like if someone questioned the claimed efficiency of solar panels "given the Earth is flat after all". It shows a fundamental divergence from observed fact and science.

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Re:Universal influenza B vaccine induces broad, sustained pr... by blueflow on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @07:57AM (#32068558)
Check out the measles vaccine. 95% on first, 99% immunity on second dose. Immunity lasts for years. Herd immunity was (at least temporarily) achieved. Also Tetanus or Diphtheria vaccines.

This is my bar for a 'good' vaccine.

What the Covid vaccine provides is a fucking joke. And it pulls all other vaccines through the mud.

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