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I think everybody accepts it as a fact that polio vaccine never gave any advantage concerning, for example, influenza. Then, why would we expect that a vaccine
by pif 5y ago
I think everybody accepts it as a fact that polio vaccine never gave any advantage concerning, for example, influenza.
Then, why would we expect that a vaccine against the original strain of the Covid 19 virus works as well against a new variant?
- throwawaysea 5y agoPolio and influenza are completely different viruses. SARS-CoV-2 variants are much more closely related. They aren’t just coronaviruses or even SL (SARS like) but more narrowly similar than that. Should that matter? I’m not sure - but it is a difference relative to the polio/influenza example.