• silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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    5 months ago

    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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      5 months ago

      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.