• silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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    5 months ago

    It’s not the end; it’s not something that ever ends, in the same way that influenza still kills people.

    But vaccines got us from a disease that was killing an awful lot more people to one where it’s one that kills a few.

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      5 months ago

      Where’s small pox?

      Also, China showed that we could have at least had lockdowns until everyone was vaccinated. Instead we let er rip and more people died from COVID under Biden than under Trump.

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        Smallpox is a disease where vaccination once protects you for life.

        The current round of vaccines for COVID protect you for several months.

        There’s a difference in outcomes because of that. I’ll also note that a big chunk of China didn’t get vaccinated either, and that we have a really active anti-vax contingent in the US with the support of Trump and the other Republicans.

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          We could have kept masking and kept working from home while pumping billions more into vaccines until we could achieve eradication. We chose to let people die instead.

          Also I’ll note, again, that a big portion of anti-vaxx sentiment in Asia was spread by the US to undermine China. Disgusting.