Nature Magazine Says No COVID-19 Herd Immunity. Also, NO FLU was bad news.

U.S. adults getting vaccines sounds great but, BUT, there is no vaccine for kids so herd immunity requires 98% of all adults being vaccinated. Many Republicans and others are refusing to get the vaccine to the tune of about 20% of Americans who WON'T get any of the vaccines.

Variants are getting worse and the next one may ignore all the vaccines. You get those mutations/variants when there are lots of infections. Some parts of the U.S. and many countries are not getting vaccinated at all therefore it continues spreading and generating more dangerous COVID versions in these low vaccine pools including entire countries with air service to the U.S.


COVID-19 isn’t going to end, ever. It will become endemic like the common cold or yearly flu which normally kills about 40,000 Americans each year.


Did you notice there was no flu this year? Social distancing and mask wearing has saved tens of thousands of influenza deaths.


Actually that is bad. Researchers trying to predict next year’s influenza strain needed a lot of people to get sick the previous year. In 2020 almost no one got the seasonal flu so there may not be a good vaccine for the next season 2021-2022.


Comments

Uluru said…
Yale today posted a report that the Pfizer vaccine has proved effective for over a year for the early trial participants. Not that it will be effective against all new variants. Also, trials on youngsters 6 and older are proceeding and the results so far are excellent. Uluru
March 23, 2021 at 4:14 AM
Kathy said…
The emerging variants that appear able to infect those vaccinated as well as bypass at least some of the current antibody treatments suggest we still need distancing and masks and hopefully expansion of efficacy of vaccines, treatments, and preventive agents that block viral entry into cells!
March 26, 2021 at 5:23 PM
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