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This is primarily significant because it means “herd immunity” will not kick in and end the pandemic. Its looking more like this will be another endemic disease
by sthnblllII 6y ago
This is primarily significant because it means “herd immunity” will not kick in and end the pandemic. Its looking more like this will be another endemic disease like influenza that permanently depresses life expectancy. Without flu, life expectancies would go up a year or two in developed countries.
- tinus_hn 6y agoIf that is true a vaccine wouldn’t help either so the answers are either the infinite quarantine or going back to normal life.
- sthnblllII 6y agoIf everyone gets vaccinated within the timespan immunity lasts, the disease will be eradicated.
- tinus_hn 6y agoToo bad, apart from the fact not everyone is going to get vaccinated there are also animal reservoirs.
- sthnblllII 6y agoReally? I havent read anything about animal reservoirs. Are you speculating that they might exist? Not everyone needs to be vaccinated to eradicate a disease. A large fraction can go unvaccinated and as long as recirculation is slow enough the natural immunity will result in eradication even among that population.