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Lymerix is a good comparison. There were justified concerns about the vaccine provoking an autoimmune reaction in some patients, and meanwhile tick bites can be
by HarryHirsch 6y ago
Lymerix is a good comparison. There were justified concerns about the vaccine provoking an autoimmune reaction in some patients, and meanwhile tick bites can be prevented through simple actions - cover arms and legs, stay out of long grass, use insect repellent. It's difficult to argue for a vaccine when other measures work equally well and pose less risk.
Meanwhile the first world has reduced the spread of coronavirus through public health interventions but America can't follow.
- ghaff 6y agoThere are some analogs but they may be different than you think. >meanwhile tick bites can be prevented I'm careful but I (normally) do a fair bit of hiking and live on a large property surrounded by fields. I am careful but I still find ticks on myself every now and then and am bitten from time to time. One can certainly be careful about reducing virus contact at the cost of considerable inconvenience. But there's a lot of evidence that new outbreaks are still flaring up in many places and that many locales end up going through a rough patch sooner or later. So I'm not sure it's fair to say that if everyone just took some basic precautions and otherwise carried on as usual, we'd be just fine even without a (potentially somewhat risky) vaccine.