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>> Scientists always said it's going to be like the flu > No, they never did. Dr. Anthony Fauci: Coronavirus Will Become ‘Seasonal’ Like The Flu https://www.b

by miles 5y ago

>> Scientists always said it's going to be like the flu > No, they never did. Dr. Anthony Fauci: Coronavirus Will Become ‘Seasonal’ Like The Flu https://www.blackenterprise.com/dr-anthony-fauci-coronavirus-will-become-seasonal-like-the-flu/ https://www.blackenterprise.com/dr-anthony-fauci-coronavirus... During his guest spot on NBC News’ Meet the Press, Dr. Anthony Fauci, an immunologist who serves as the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and medical advisor to the president, said that virus will become “seasonal.” Fauci: Coronavirus Vaccine Booster Shots Likely Needed https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-05-26/fauci-coronavirus-vaccine-booster-shots-likely-necessary https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-05-26/... "I don't anticipate that the durability of the vaccine protection is going to be infinite," Fauci told a Senate subcommittee. "It's just not. So I would imagine we will need, at some time, a booster."

anoncake 5y ago
Yes, it shares an unrelated property with the flu. "At some time" is not like "every year".
- herbst 5y ago
  I never said every year, as far as I've read into this I still think it's likely to assume that you won't be protected (well) after 10 years. No idea why you think it's a rumor
  - anoncake 5y ago
    You said "like the flu". That means every year.
    - herbst 5y ago
      I never got a flu shot, I was not aware that I was implying a time frame here. Point taken
    - unstatedAnswers 5y ago
      I don’t think it’s fair to frame their intent that way. “Like” does not mean “exactly”. A period of time on the order of years is fine.
      - anoncake 5y ago
        It's how I understood it, and I don't think it's even ambiguous. If you say something is like the flu vaccine that implies you're referring to a property that vaccines in general don't have – you would just have said "vaccine" then. See Griece's maxim of quantity. Not lasting infinitely is such a common property. It's not what they intended, sure, but that the Covid vaccine has to be refreshed every year or so is what I understood and what they actually said.

by miles 5y ago

anoncake 5y ago

Yes, it shares an unrelated property with the flu. "At some time" is not like "every year".

herbst 5y ago
I never said every year, as far as I've read into this I still think it's likely to assume that you won't be protected (well) after 10 years. No idea why you think it's a rumor
- anoncake 5y ago
  You said "like the flu". That means every year.
  - herbst 5y ago
    I never got a flu shot, I was not aware that I was implying a time frame here. Point taken
  - unstatedAnswers 5y ago
    I don’t think it’s fair to frame their intent that way. “Like” does not mean “exactly”. A period of time on the order of years is fine.
    - anoncake 5y ago
      It's how I understood it, and I don't think it's even ambiguous. If you say something is like the flu vaccine that implies you're referring to a property that vaccines in general don't have – you would just have said "vaccine" then. See Griece's maxim of quantity. Not lasting infinitely is such a common property. It's not what they intended, sure, but that the Covid vaccine has to be refreshed every year or so is what I understood and what they actually said.