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A different COVID-19 vaccine debate: Do we need new ones?
The Associated Press ^ | February 3, 2022 | By LAURAN NEERGAARD

Posted on 02/03/2022 9:47:44 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

COVID-19 vaccines are saving an untold number of lives, but they can’t stop the chaos when a hugely contagious new mutant bursts on the scene, leading people to wonder: Will we need boosters every few months? A new vaccine recipe? A new type of shot altogether?

That’s far from settled, but with the shots still doing their main job many experts are cautioning against setting too high a bar.

“We need collectively to be rethinking what is the goal of vaccination,” said Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes, infectious disease chief at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. “It’s unrealistic ... to believe that any kind of vaccination is going to protect people from infection, from mild symptomatic disease, forever.”

If the goal is preventing serious illness, “we may not need to be doing as much fine-tuning of the vaccines every time a new variant comes.”

Overshadowing all of these questions is that “we don’t know how to predict the next strain,” said Dr. Jesse Goodman of Georgetown University, a former Food and Drug Administration vaccine chief. He wants to see a global strategy that defines the trigger for any vaccine change. “Otherwise we are going to have a confused public, again.”

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ccp; china; virus; wuhan

1 posted on 02/03/2022 9:47:44 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What was that about banning misinformation? The AP is the top contender.


2 posted on 02/03/2022 9:51:01 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
COVID-19 vaccines are saving an untold number of lives

Are they? Where is the scientific proof of that conveniently self-serving statement?

3 posted on 02/03/2022 9:52:12 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"...but with the shots still doing their main job many experts are cautioning against setting too high a bar"

Translation: They don't work but keep taking them and don't blame the current administration, comrade.

4 posted on 02/03/2022 9:52:24 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Goebbels was still telling the German public that the Nazis were winning the war in 1944.


5 posted on 02/03/2022 10:00:44 AM PST by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by non-compliance; jury and state nullification. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yes, we need new ones. The current shots are assisting the spread the virus to the point that total deaths are going up now even with a lower percentage of fatal cases among cases.


6 posted on 02/03/2022 10:08:18 AM PST by SaxxonWoods ("If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself." - Minquass)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There’s a new Potassium Chloride based covid-19 vax developed by a biopharm start up called YouthInAsia Meds out of Indonesia which is run by Australians.

The vax is to be distributed free of charge and the initial target groups to receive the jab are elected officials and government employees.

I’m going to jump all over their IPO.


7 posted on 02/03/2022 10:24:05 AM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (Why allow a government of thieves, liars, braggarts, traitors, cowards and perverts? )
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To: MrBambaLaMamba

Brilliant...just follow the science.

100% effective in stopping all Covid-19 variant viruses, stops ‘em dead.

;>)


8 posted on 02/03/2022 10:29:53 AM PST by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and fools who c00an not govern. " Chesterton)
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To: MrBambaLaMamba

Well played sir!


9 posted on 02/03/2022 10:35:46 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Beginning to backtrack.


10 posted on 02/03/2022 10:37:56 AM PST by Raycpa
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