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pat_k

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13. Absolutely!

Thu Mar 5, 2020, 11:00 PM

Mar 2020

When an effective vaccine exists, it's vital that people use it to protect themselves and others.

Tragically, Trump seems to think that we don't really need to worry about containing now to stop the virus from becoming another "seasonal flu" because we'll have a vaccine and everything will be hunky dory.

The problem with that is that vaccines vary widely in their effectiveness. If the SARS-CoV2 that causes COVID 19 is a virus that goes through fairly rapid genetic change, we won't be able to develop an very effective vaccine (just as we haven't been able to develop a very effective virus against the H3N2 strain of seasonal flu.)

We cannot count on the development of a vaccine to somehow save us.

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Whatever the mortality rate of COVID 19, containment is VITAL [View all] pat_k Mar 2020 OP

Preaching to the choir, but the media and apathetic don't care. Thomas Hurt Mar 2020 #1

Yup. Heaven forbid efforts to contain cause short-term upset in the economy pat_k Mar 2020 #2

Randox is privately owned. Owner bought golf course near Giants Causeway lostnfound Mar 2020 #9

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Good reason to be suspicious of every deal trump administration does. lostnfound Mar 2020 #18

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Apologies. pat_k Mar 2020 #20

The opportunity for containment has Mostly passed- focus is now on mitigation Fiendish Thingy Mar 2020 #3

I guess I think of any effort... pat_k Mar 2020 #5

+1, for Red Don its no test kits, no positive test means he's got everything handled. It's on purpos uponit7771 Mar 2020 #14

I agree. n/t EndlessWire Mar 2020 #15

K n R. nt greyl Mar 2020 #4

Excellent post. K&R defacto7 Mar 2020 #6

Let's not buy into any nonsense that says we don't know the mortality rate. Squinch Mar 2020 #7

Intent was not to "give air" -- it was to knock some air out by... pat_k Mar 2020 #8

Agree. Containment equals Controlled Release (Spread) Strelnikov_ Mar 2020 #11

And can we also add - unlike Covid 19, there is a vaccine for seasonal flu, and most intelligent bullwinkle428 Mar 2020 #12

Absolutely! pat_k Mar 2020 #13

Don't viruses mutate all the time, though? nt coti Mar 2020 #16

Yes, but my understanding is that different strains.... pat_k Mar 2020 #17