Flyfalcons

Okay but that's a government induced problem, not a medical one.

Flyfalcons

In some cases the businesses cannot make their own choice. Government induced, again.

Excargodog

Absolutely, not that the politicians gave it an ounce of weight in their lockdown plans. And it hits the disadvantaged hardest. Many kids are destined to drop out of school before even finishing high school. US-wide, the high school graduation rate is only 88%

https://www.usnews.com/education/bes...rates-by-state

and in disadvantaged areas less than that - in some FAR less than that. And those students will live the rest of their lives with the result of missing this school time.

rickair7777

It worked fine as a vaccine for the original version, better than many other vaccines for efficacy. Still decent efficacy for D (relative to, say, the flu cocktail). Excellent efficacy against severe covid.

And technically the word your grasping for is "prophylactic" not "therapeutic".

Mesabah

No, it does not prevent disease.

Nantonaku

Of course it will shake out but will the end result of that shake out be a series of states seceding from the Union? And people left living in blue states getting 3 boosters a year? The number of people who are actually backing up their threats and moving as a result of the events of the last year is going to further divide the country and eventually force some states to start pushing for succession. I don't know a single person who went to the hospital as a result of Covid. I know multiple people moving across the county as a result of the political malarkey the last year. Maybe it will be good for the country. I anticipate I'll be moving in the next 5 years as will everyone in my family if things don't start to improve in the next year (and I'm not talking about Covid - I'm not a afraid of Covid, every single person I care about in my family has had it and recovered - I'm talking about the political power grabs).

GeeWizDriver

The frogs are nearly boiled. Congratulations.

rickair7777

Sure it does, just not perfectly. Welcome to biology.

rickair7777

Different issue, and covid is a sideshow with respect to that.

Excargodog

More that it does not prevent infection and transmission, and that it is too short-lived to give the sort of robust and long term protection other vaccines give. Certainly worth getting if you are over 35 and have not already had COVID. Or if you have serious comorbidities like HIV or otherwise immune suppressed.