Posted on 04/12/2022 6:10:54 PM PDT by algore
Covid cases in the Northeast are increasing again, which has some people worried about yet another surge. This is also one of the most heavily vaccinated parts of the country.
While the Covid vaccines have been very effective at stopping hospitalization and death, it’s now clear they haven’t ended the pandemic.
And yet the scientists I spoke with in the early part of 2021 were nearly unanimous in thinking they would end the pandemic through herd immunity.
Why did they get it so wrong? Two major reasons: First, scientists vastly underestimated the ability of the virus to mutate quickly.
And second, they overestimated their ability to tweak the mRNA vaccines into forms that could conquer new variants.
But we can learn from our mistakes, and rather than expect the public to “live with the virus” protected by leaky vaccines, scientists need to keep improving our vaccines, possibly exploiting the more than 100 candidates already part or all the way through clinical trials.
Coronaviruses usually don’t mutate very fast. They don’t carry their genetic material in easily swapped out segments the way influenza viruses do — requiring a reformulated vaccine every year.
And coronaviruses have a proofreading mechanism that slows the mutation process.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Prove it. Go ahead, we’ll wait.
1. SCIENTISTS vastly underestimated the ability of the virus to mutate quickly.
2. SCIENTISTS overestimated their ability to tweak the mRNA vaccines into forms that could conquer new variants.
Everybody on FR knew how fast and frequently this thing was going to mutate. Everybody here learned quickly that the trend of viruses is to become more transmissible but less fatal. Everybody here read the very early warnings and cautions about NOT vaccinating during a pandemic.
How can all of us lay people know that, but the esteemed "scientists" didn't?
“We Need Better Covid Booster Shots, Not More of the Same”
No, we don’t. But all except the poison apologists already know that.
Sunk cost fallacy I'm afraid.
Who is “we”?
It’s hard to improve snake venom when you’re aiming to kill everyone.
” And yet the scientists I spoke with in the early part of 2021 were nearly unanimous in thinking they would end the pandemic through herd immunity. Why did they get it so wrong? “
The definition of a pandemic is when more than 5% of the daily deaths are caused by a pathogen. There are 8,000 deaths daily in the US. There are currently an average of 400 daily Covid deaths. That is 5 percent, therefore herd immunity has been achieved and the pandemic is over. But the Washington Post publishes an easily refutable lie. And then wants to censor and shame those who spread “disinformation” OMG what twisted creatures.
OFFS! How about——NO!? We remain “NON GMO”.
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