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If immunity after getting it isn't viable, then surely a vaccine isn't either? Stamping out COVID19 worldwide simply isn't practical, so isn't the omly option
by concordDance 7y ago
If immunity after getting it isn't viable, then surely a vaccine isn't either?
Stamping out COVID19 worldwide simply isn't practical, so isn't the omly option to just live with it? We manage to live with far worse things, like ageing.
- tsimionescu 7y agoAging is not killing hundreds of people in short succession in the same hospital. The only option to avoid much more significant disturbances in our daily life then we see now is to isolate for as long as possible, and then work tirelessly to perform contact tracing of the newly infected and catch outbreaks while they are small. And I believe that a vaccine can succeed where natural immunity doesn't. For example, there are viruses where you only gain partial immunity from contacting the disease, but can end up with a worse form of the disease if exposed again, like with chicken pox (varicella) leaving the door open to shingles (zoster).