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>We could have wide-spread elimination of malaria transmission now. The vaccine doesn't work that well. As your article [4] says >The highest impact will be a
by tim333 2y ago
>We could have wide-spread elimination of malaria transmission now.
The vaccine doesn't work that well. As your article [4] says
>The highest impact will be achieved, however, when the vaccines are introduced alongside a mix of other WHO-recommended malaria interventions such as bed nets and chemoprophylaxis.
- Gerardo1 2y ago> The vaccine doesn't work that well. As your article [4] says It does not say that. And in any case, as we should all very well know by now, vaccines don't have to be 100% effective at disease prevention to be effective at disease spread reduction, especially at scale. But, lets grant the point: Fine. Use some of that $5b annual spend to fund other preventatives.
- tim333 2y agoOops bad punctuation - I should have had a colon. The text after the > is cut and paste from the article. From wikipedia "fourth dose extends the protection for another 1–2 years. The vaccine reduces hospital admissions from severe malaria by around 30%" So it's a helps a bit situation rather than just vaccinate everyone and malaria is over.