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“Everyone is going to get Corona. Whether you’re vaccinated or not, whether you’re old or young, whether you’re tested or not, whether we lock down or not. This

“Everyone is going to get Corona. Whether you’re vaccinated or not, whether you’re old or young, whether you’re tested or not, whether we lock down or not. This is a fact of life now. The vaccines will protect against severe symptoms only for a time, and Corona is always changing. Slowing the spread will prove counter-productive particularly to those who have sought the protection of vaccines. Your best hope of continued immunity is infection while your vaccine still protects against severe symptoms. The best hope that children have of mild infection in adulthood, is low-risk infection now, while they are at no risk. There is no more point in slowing the spread. That will only make us immunologically naive to this virus for a longer period of time. Many, many viruses infect and reinfect billions of humans throughout their lives, with barely any notice. It is time we made Corona one of these viruses.” End. [0] https://twitter.com/eugyppius1/status/1422789917873262595 https://twitter.com/eugyppius1/status/1422789917873262595 If you doubt this: consider that Israel is nearly fully vaccinated, yet they are, right now, making plans for lockdown in September.

titzer 5y ago
Are other viruses that I can interest you in being infected with? Let's see here, we've got HIV, HPV, Ebola, Rabies, Smallpox, Chickenpox, Polio, Hantavirus. Don't we need some time to...ehm, get "evolutionary familiar" with them, or whatever? I mean, why stop at viruses? Interested in some lovely bacterial infections like Lyme disease, staph, E. coli, Candida auris (oh, I love that one, I had it on my face!)
- MrBuddyCasino 5y ago
  You ever had the flu? Because this is what covid19 is mutating into, and predictably so. More contagious, less lethal. And vaccination will pressure the virus to mutate further (this too has been predicted, eg by the Imperial College). Should we react to every new variant with a lockdown? For how long, the next 10 years? Whats the endgame here? And calling it a "vaccination" is being generous, considering that after 6 months efficacy is down significantly, like 20% of original levels. Its more like a therapeutic. This too is similar to a flu vaccination. How many shots per year do you want to take? For how many years? Don't forget that every time you increase the risk of an auto-immune reaction. Also keep in mind that vaccination doesn't even seem to protect other people by decreased virus shedding. You are comparing an experimental "vaccine", not approved by the FDA, with no long-term studies, where the companies that make them have immunity from unforeseen consequences, that rapidly declines in usefulness over mere months and which is "preventing" a disease that leaves the vast majority of people unaffected anyway to eg Polio, that can leave people paralyzed for life and where we have an effective vaccine that reliably works for decades and for which we have long-term experience. How are you people thinking you're making a clever & well-informed point. Your reasoning amounts to "infection bad, why you want infection".

titzer 5y ago

Are other viruses that I can interest you in being infected with? Let's see here, we've got HIV, HPV, Ebola, Rabies, Smallpox, Chickenpox, Polio, Hantavirus. Don't we need some time to...ehm, get "evolutionary familiar" with them, or whatever? I mean, why stop at viruses? Interested in some lovely bacterial infections like Lyme disease, staph, E. coli, Candida auris (oh, I love that one, I had it on my face!)

MrBuddyCasino 5y ago
You ever had the flu? Because this is what covid19 is mutating into, and predictably so. More contagious, less lethal. And vaccination will pressure the virus to mutate further (this too has been predicted, eg by the Imperial College). Should we react to every new variant with a lockdown? For how long, the next 10 years? Whats the endgame here? And calling it a "vaccination" is being generous, considering that after 6 months efficacy is down significantly, like 20% of original levels. Its more like a therapeutic. This too is similar to a flu vaccination. How many shots per year do you want to take? For how many years? Don't forget that every time you increase the risk of an auto-immune reaction. Also keep in mind that vaccination doesn't even seem to protect other people by decreased virus shedding. You are comparing an experimental "vaccine", not approved by the FDA, with no long-term studies, where the companies that make them have immunity from unforeseen consequences, that rapidly declines in usefulness over mere months and which is "preventing" a disease that leaves the vast majority of people unaffected anyway to eg Polio, that can leave people paralyzed for life and where we have an effective vaccine that reliably works for decades and for which we have long-term experience. How are you people thinking you're making a clever & well-informed point. Your reasoning amounts to "infection bad, why you want infection".