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If the most vulnerable did not have flu shots, the mortality of the flu would be shocking. You may or may not need one (or notice if you didn't) but every high-
by rogerkirkness 7y ago
If the most vulnerable did not have flu shots, the mortality of the flu would be shocking. You may or may not need one (or notice if you didn't) but every high-viral-load-facing healthcare worker, cystic fibrosis patient, etc. gets a flu shot like clockwork. And while they don't always work, they mostly work, and that hugely reduces mortality. The problem with this one is the novelty. Human immune systems get better trained (not necessarily better) with age. Cytokine storms in the eldery with covid-19 is the biological equivalent of an overfit AI with memory leaks that runaway. If the R0 turns out to be 5.6, basically everyone has been exposed at this point (not necessarily infected).
- gnulinux 7y agoIs it usual to see healthcare workers dying of flu as well, like they do with COVID due to high viral load?
- taeric 7y agoThe argument, as I understand it, is that they typically have near 100% vaccination. Akin to herd immunity in that cohort. If they did not have that, it would be much worse.
- redis_mlc 7y ago> Is it usual to see healthcare workers dying of flu as well, like they do with COVID due to high viral load? SARS-1 (2002/2003) wiped out ICU staff in both Toronto and S. Korea. "High viral load" is an undefined term, so I won't comment on that.