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Global concern rises over bird flu as experts warn of potential human pandemic
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this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2024
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Vaccines don't work when 1/2 the population refuses to take it.
They sure put a damper on the spread of COVID, even with a bunch of idiots refusing to take them.
Covid had a ~5% mortality rate at the peak, H5N1 has a mortality rate of ~56%, a damper won't be enough
Something makes me think people would be more willing to take vaccines when facing down a life or death coin flip. At that point their "concerns" over long term effects don't matter as much.
They were facing life or death and they chose horse dewormer...
So the ignoreant will perish and the rest of us will pick up after them. Kinda sounds like climate change tbh.
That's unfortunately not how it works.
The unvaccinated people become mutation factories and create new variants that we don't have a vaccine for yet, that's why you need a booster every year.
I don't really see the issue with getting a booster every year provided the government doesn't fuck it up. I am already pretty much having to get a Covid and Flu each year this will just be another.
Yes, they do, wtf. It just may not achieve herd immunity.
The unvaccinated people become mutation factories and create new variants that we don't have a vaccine for yet, that's why you need a booster every year.
If you're vaccinated and surrounded by unvaccinated people. You may as well be unvaccinated.
This is exactly what anti-vax people say. Vaccination helps, regardless.
Are you retarded?
Anti-vax people depend on heard immunity bullshit. My argument is that not enough people are getting vaccinated and you think that means I'm Anti-vax?
Jesus Christ I'm glad stupid isn't contagious.
Get fucked asswipe.
Getting vaccinated helps and is advisable, regardless of whether a mutation occurs in addition to the target strain.
And yes, anti-vax people say it doesn't matter if you get vaccinated, just like you. But thanks for proving yourself to be as vapid as them, too.