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originally posted by: KindraLaBelle
I have a question about the vaccine and I apologize in front if this was addressed already in previous posts or elsewhere on ATS.
If:
Studies have shown that natural immunity to covid19 only last a couple of months, tops....
And a lot of people don't even develop immunity at all...
And we have a virus that keeps mutating...
Is it even possible right now to make a long lasting vaccine? Or even one that lasts at least one year?
It seems to me that it's not, so why do they even try? I mean, developing a vaccine that protects for only 3 or 4 months sounds like a total waste of money and resources....
So what am I missing?
A vaccine just serves to perpetuate a disease within the population while maybe protecting some people from it for short periods of time SOME years.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: thebtheb
A vaccine just serves to perpetuate a disease within the population while maybe protecting some people from it for short periods of time SOME years.
Smallpox vaccinations seem to have been quite effective, as have those against polio.
A COVID vaccine would probably not accomplish the same, but it may reduce the extent and rate of spread. Is that bad?
That's a very specific claim you have made.
even according to the World Health Organization, BECAUSE of it.
The presence of low level symptoms is not the same as contracting the disease.
The flu vaccine, which I think a covid one would be much like (thought that's just a prediction and I have no proof), is known for giving many people the flu.
Our immune systems are "primed" for thousands (millions) of bacterial and viral infections. That's how it works. The ability to deal with one does not diminish the ability to deal with others.
The reason is because your immune system becomes super primed for the strains in the vaccine, and doesn't have the resources for it usually does for other viruses.