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There are different strategies for vaccines so even if it acted like the flu - there are options, albeit work intensive ones. We do have flu vaccines after all,
by hatenberg 7y ago
There are different strategies for vaccines so even if it acted like the flu - there are options, albeit work intensive ones. We do have flu vaccines after all, they are just not guaranteed to work
It is looking good for immunity in monkeys right now, do knock on wood. Failing that...
Get much much better at hygiene and science.
Let's hope it does not come to that but be respectful of the fact that, many times in our history as a species we have been confronted with challenges like this and it did force dramatic changes on the way we live. We are by no means exempt from such dynamics today.
We are still working through HIV and its implication. In the tropics dengue and malaria require constant vigilance and the plague certainly hit the world when their known tools and frameworks failed.
We are a resilient species, if anything we adopt to visible risks quite well once we get out of flight or fight but our lifestyle is not guaranteed and any politicians promising that reality is not real is bad news for our ability to adapt to the threats