• pixxelkick@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    My understanding is risk is low on this one as we already have a prepared and tested vaccine, and we have a known medicative treatment.

    So it’d suck if it spreads but we at least have the tools to fight it on hand.

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      5 months ago

      Unless a large subset or the population would inexplicably refuse to get vaccinated. 🤷

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        They sure put a damper on the spread of COVID, even with a bunch of idiots refusing to take them.

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          Covid had a ~5% mortality rate at the peak, H5N1 has a mortality rate of ~56%, a damper won’t be enough

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            5 months ago

            So the ignoreant will perish and the rest of us will pick up after them. Kinda sounds like climate change tbh.

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              That’s unfortunately not how it works.
              The unvaccinated people become mutation factories and create new variants that we don’t have a vaccine for yet, that’s why you need a booster every year.

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                5 months ago

                I don’t really see the issue with getting a booster every year provided the government doesn’t fuck it up. I am already pretty much having to get a Covid and Flu each year this will just be another.

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            5 months ago

            Something makes me think people would be more willing to take vaccines when facing down a life or death coin flip. At that point their “concerns” over long term effects don’t matter as much.

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          The unvaccinated people become mutation factories and create new variants that we don’t have a vaccine for yet, that’s why you need a booster every year.
          If you’re vaccinated and surrounded by unvaccinated people. You may as well be unvaccinated.

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            5 months ago

            If you’re vaccinated and surrounded by unvaccinated people. You may as well be unvaccinated.

            This is exactly what anti-vax people say.

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              Are you retarded?
              Anti-vax people depend on heard immunity bullshit. My argument is that not enough people are getting vaccinated and you think that means I’m Anti-vax?
              Jesus Christ I’m glad stupid isn’t contagious.
              Get fucked asswipe.

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                Getting vaccinated helps and is advisable, regardless of whether a mutation occurs in addition to the target strain.

                And yes, anti-vax people say it doesn’t matter if you get vaccinated, just like you. But thanks for proving yourself to be as vapid as them, too.