(04-17-2021, 07:22 AM)ElwoodBlues1 date Wrote:If you want to open up then the reality is you have Covid in the community and learn to live with it, the vaccine magic wand needs more research/testing before you can wave it and expect magical results.It never stops [member=57]ElwoodBlues1[/member] , it has to evolve like the virus.
The problem is the Influenza isn't as virulent at least for the current strains, so you only need a portion of the population inoculated to break the chain, COVID is far more virulent and deadly, so it needs a much higher percentage inoculated.
Long term it will be a mix of inoculation and treatment, it was always going to be that way just like any other virus, not everybody can be vaccinated regardless of which vaccine is used. The problem at the moment is the very best treatments are barely effective and also ridiculously expensive. Nobody is going to opt for the $10K+ treatments when they can issue $30 vaccines!
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