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Re:Prior Omicron infection protects against BA.4 and BA.5 va... by almost_usual on Sunday July 24, 2022 @01:38PM (#32215745)
Claiming mRNA vaccines failed is ridiculous.
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Re:Prior Omicron infection protects against BA.4 and BA.5 va... by tlogan on Sunday July 24, 2022 @02:38PM (#32216322)
> Claiming mRNA vaccines failed is ridiculous.

It is not that vacccines failed: the government failed.

If they advertise them as “you will not get sick” they are 100% success.

But they advertised it as “we need to have mandate so that everybody will get immune forever”. This is where things failed adding ammunition to crazies and conspiracy theories.

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Re:Prior Omicron infection protects against BA.4 and BA.5 va... by gautamdivgi on Sunday July 24, 2022 @01:56PM (#32215916)
Ah that. Yeah - they've been a success but to take a more critical view not for what they were advertised for. They've been hugely successful at reducing the severity of the disease. Also, it wasn't just mRNA. J&J and AZ vaccines are not mRNA based. They haven't provided broad and lasting immunity. At least that isn't the impression I get from reading articles on them.
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Re:Prior Omicron infection protects against BA.4 and BA.5 va... by ars on Sunday July 24, 2022 @01:55PM (#32215908)
Not mRNA vaccines, COVID vaccines (all of them, doesn't matter the type). To be specific Coronaviruses are known not to produce lasting immunity, COVID is no exception.

They failed in their primary goal: Creating lasting immunity to this disease. They succeeded in a secondary goal: Reducing severity of infection.

The trouble with failing in the primary goal is that COVID is here forever.

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