• Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    1 年前

    ♻️ People are getting sick every few months. It’s not great all around. We could get lucky evolution hitting a dead end in the immune escape area. Or we have to develop a new vaccine targeting a much more difficult to change part of the virus in order to break this cycle.

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      I don’t know what percentage of people got vaccinated last time, but i feel like next time, it’s not even gonna be a third of that.

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        This is probably true if the hypothetical vaccines are as effective as the first generation. If they have the kind of effectiveness that prevents infection and that immunity doesn’t fade, I think the response will change. The value proposition changes completely. It goes from - vaccinate so that you don’t get too sick, but you still get sick and you’ll need another shot in 6 months, to - vaccinate so you don’t have to ever think about getting sick from this.