4 ms·
Wasn't this known from day 1? COVID-19 vaccines were never going to give us sterilizing immunity. I still don't understand what's the long term plan in countrie
by Ambolia 5y ago
Wasn't this known from day 1? COVID-19 vaccines were never going to give us sterilizing immunity. I still don't understand what's the long term plan in countries that are trying to reach 100% vaccination rate, but yeah, there's going to be boosters forever unless a new sterilizing vaccine is developed or countries decide to change their COVID policies at some point.
- AndrewBissell 5y ago> Wasn't this known from day 1? COVID-19 vaccines were never going to give us sterilizing immunity. Absolutely not. It's trivial to go back to earlier this year and find public health officials promising that the vaccines would stop transmission and infection. They may have even been somewhat right until Delta took over (perhaps precisely because it had an evolutionary advantage against mass vaccination?).
- Ambolia 5y agoI mean the political messaging has been as you said. But scientifically it was known from the beginning that the vaccines were non-sterilizing [1], so I think any scenario different to the current one of endless boosters was just a fantasy or a "noble lie" to promote vaccination at best. [1] https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210203-why-vaccinated-people-may-still-be-able-to-spread-covid-19 https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210203-why-vaccinated-p...