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Chris Nevill14 March, 2021 7:17 pm
Dear God have we lost our basic instincts – flu vaccs are 45% effective but we are completely sold on them – these C19 vacc are all in the 90’s and all prev viral vaccines have been pretty good at decreasing transmission and have significant viral memory and hence longterm efficacy – Influenza turns over much more rapidly and even so major antigenic changes occur every 60 years or so …. but doom and gloom lets underline what we are not 100% sure of even tho past expience tells us otherwise – death rates will be minimal by June despite the inevitable 3rd wave of largely asymptomatic cases which do NOT lead to hospitalisations and death.
Dear God have we lost our basic instincts – flu vaccs are 45% effective but we are completely sold on them – these C19 vacc are all in the 90’s and all prev viral vaccines have been pretty good at decreasing transmission and have significant viral memory and hence longterm efficacy – Influenza turns over much more rapidly and even so major antigenic changes occur every 60 years or so …. but doom and gloom lets underline what we are not 100% sure of even tho past expience tells us otherwise – death rates will be minimal by June despite the inevitable 3rd wave of largely asymptomatic cases which do NOT lead to hospitalisations and death.