In news that isn't, the two most commonly used vaccines in the US are showing signs of losing efficacy.
Which is not exactly a surprise - they are up against a coronavirus - a relative of the common cold.
Here's the annoying part - besides the 'vaccine passports' being not only unconstitutional but now a total joke - flooding the population with a vaccine that has a limited efficacy life may very well have sped up that loss of immunity process. Which makes no difference to all the young healthy people that didn't need it anyway (and used up doses that could have gone to nations that DID need it) but it makes it harder to use vaccination for what it's best at - protecting the most vulnerable.
It's just preliminary data - we could get lucky and one or both vaccines manage to maintain immunization levels comparable to infection survival - but that was never a likely outcome.
Could we go back to doing real public health measures now? Vaccinate the most vulnerable, use presumptive treatment on patients who are vulnerable or in close contact to those who are, target vulnerable populations with prevention information and institute serious efforts both of vaccination and treatment in nursing homes? You know - the stuff we've BEEN DOING FOR EIGHTY YEARS!!!!!!
Which is not exactly a surprise - they are up against a coronavirus - a relative of the common cold.
Here's the annoying part - besides the 'vaccine passports' being not only unconstitutional but now a total joke - flooding the population with a vaccine that has a limited efficacy life may very well have sped up that loss of immunity process. Which makes no difference to all the young healthy people that didn't need it anyway (and used up doses that could have gone to nations that DID need it) but it makes it harder to use vaccination for what it's best at - protecting the most vulnerable.
It's just preliminary data - we could get lucky and one or both vaccines manage to maintain immunization levels comparable to infection survival - but that was never a likely outcome.
Could we go back to doing real public health measures now? Vaccinate the most vulnerable, use presumptive treatment on patients who are vulnerable or in close contact to those who are, target vulnerable populations with prevention information and institute serious efforts both of vaccination and treatment in nursing homes? You know - the stuff we've BEEN DOING FOR EIGHTY YEARS!!!!!!
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