• rigatti@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

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

          This is exactly what anti-vax people say. Vaccination helps, regardless.

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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.