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> projections out to at least a year You're right - I should have said "periodic vaccination", not annual. Also yeah, there's a subtle difference between why
by coryfklein 6y ago
> projections out to at least a year
You're right - I should have said "periodic vaccination", not annual.
Also yeah, there's a subtle difference between why we'd need periodic covid vaccinations vs flu vaccinations. But in the end the result is the same, we'll probably need to be re-vaccinated against covid over time.
Covid isn't going away because it has a non-human animal reservoir, so it's all about a strategy to prevent it's re-emergence into the sapiens reservoir. It's possible that periodic vaccinations of the population as a whole would be overkill and we could reactively immunize smaller populations as re-infection occurs.
- CWuestefeld 6y agoAnother interesting open question is what's the "failure mode" as our immunity wears off. Do we become vulnerable to the full danger again? Or can we expect to contract the virus again, but this time the body will be better able to jump to defense quickly, making the most severe cases less likely?