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That seems very short sighted in evolutionary terms. Guns, Germs, and Steel has served to give me a bit of trepidation about avoiding sickness for convenience s
by classicsnoot 8y ago
That seems very short sighted in evolutionary terms. Guns, Germs, and Steel has served to give me a bit of trepidation about avoiding sickness for convenience sake.
- DenisM 8y agoOkay. Which diseases are you willing to brave to facilitate the continuous evolution of mankind? Flu? Hepatitis-C? Polio?
- kazinator 8y agoWe have a real vaccine for polio that is 99% effective after three doses.
- DenisM 8y agoSo?
- kazinator 8y agoAnd doesn't have to be taken year after year for new strains of polio, filling your immunological memory with outdated junk. So, apples and oranges. There are reasons to have reservations about flu shots that do not apply to polio and such.
- lawlessone 8y ago> filling your immunological memory with outdated junk. you have no idea what you are talking about.
- kazinator 8y agoSo, enlighten me, immunologist. What purpose is currently served in your body by the imprint created by a flu shot that you had seven years ago (at which time it was 60% effective at best to begin with)?
- classicsnoot 8y agoI didn't mean to offend. I'm a historian so I tend to think in blocks of time. I often miss the moment. It is a failing. I should have thought before I posted.