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What if COVID-19 variants are like the many flu variants?
American Thinker ^ | 04/18/2021 | Uldis Sprogis

Posted on 04/18/2021 1:02:10 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

So far, documented COVID-19 variants are in the U.K., Brazil, South Africa, and Northern California, and I am sure there are others in India and China.  So COVID-19 is behaving much like the flu with mutations to new forms going on all the time.

Influenza or flu types A and B cause yearly epidemics, and there are over 60 kinds of known flu viruses.  Type A and B undergo seasonal changes almost every year.  To vaccinate yourself against the flu every year is a waste of time for most since there are just too many mutations, which change every year, and the flu is not deadly for most.

Similarly, to vaccinate yourself against COVID-19 is a waste of time for most because within a year, there are more than a handful of new variants that must be vaccinated against.  Yes, COVID-19 is deadlier for some elderly and others with compromised immune systems, but for the rest of us, it is a fact of life that we can live with, without severe consequences, especially for children.

Can vaccines stop variants?  This question is only partially answered in this April 9 publication.  Pfizer has already stated that after a year, you may have to be revaccinated since its vaccine may be ineffective a year from now.  So Pfizer is already preparing the public for the letdown of no permanent cure for the COVID-19 flu.  What do we do if we don't want to live in perpetual fear of a hypothetical death from COVID-19 and its variants?  Treat COVID-19 like the flu and hope for the best unless you are elderly with a compromised immune system!

Twenty twenty was a panicky seat-of-the-pants treatment of the COVID-19 spread with a fear that many children would die, business-killing lockdowns, and unreasonable standards for distancing and mask-wearing


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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: covid19; flu; variants
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"If"?

Coronaviruses have been around for billions of years and mutate regularly just like the Influenza. This is a scamdemic and the field of "medical science" is exposed as nothing more than snake oil and fear mongering.

You'd be better off seeking answers from a veterinarian than you would a government "medical professional".

21 posted on 04/18/2021 6:25:28 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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Probably is the flu.


22 posted on 04/18/2021 8:09:55 PM PDT by Phillyred
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We will just have to learn to live with COVID-19 and we will take a yearly booster shot to protect us.


23 posted on 04/18/2021 9:32:19 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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