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We've known that efficacy against infection wanes (indeed, this might be expected, as antibodies naturally decline over time - when presented with the same path
by somewhereoutth 4y ago
We've known that efficacy against infection wanes (indeed, this might be expected, as antibodies naturally decline over time - when presented with the same pathogen, memory B cells ramp up antibody production again to prevent severe disease). Nobody was being 'unpersoned' for following this science!
Your county's data is likely co-founded by other factors, assuming it is accurate.
The problem has been those who would try to thwart effective public health response (e.g. by spreading fud about boosters). Largely the motivation is ideological - if the People, represented by the State, could fix Covid with concerted action for the benefit of the whole community, then perhaps they could fix other things, like wealth and racial inequality.
- codefreeordie 4y agoToo much wrong here to know where to start. I guess we will start with "the people" is not in any way shape or form "the government".
- somewhereoutth 4y agoIt isn't? "that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth" - Abraham Lincoln. Certainly that is the principle we've been following in Europe - did something go wrong in the US?
- codefreeordie 4y agoThat is a wonderful sentiment. I might even have been true still when Lincoln said that. I've studied enough history to be sure that I can't tell. But it is certainly not true now. The government of the present day is primarily an antagonist of the people, extracting the maximum of wealth and power that it can without enduring a revolt.