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Old 09-05-2021, 08:51 AM
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Mesabah
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Originally Posted by HIFLYR View Post
Someone brought up an interesting point is the COVID shot really a vaccine in the traditional sense or more like the yearly flu shot? Vaccines have traditionally given you mostly immunity from the disease not lessened the sickness. I mean you usually don’t say or refer to getting the flu, tetanus vaccine but shot.
It absolutely is not a vaccine, but rather a therapeutic boost of neutralizing antibodies. The Pfizer CEO says three shots per year, but the engineering data says only two per year.
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