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Holygoldencowbatman t1_iupospp wrote

Reply to comment by genraq in New RSV vaccines are on track to make this one of the last bad cold seasons by Man-from-Hjelmdall

it will for the very virulent viruses, however... Remember what doesn't kill you mutates and tries again. Anti-vaxers are basically petri dishes waiting to unleash their mutated BS into all populations, vaccinated or not.

The fix of course is public education, but when there are mechanisms at play causing fear of vaccines, im afraid immunologists have their work cut out for them.

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sirpoopingpooper t1_iupy4iq wrote

In reality, the immunocompromised are the real petri dishes for mutations, vaccination or not! https://www.science.org/content/article/uk-variant-puts-spotlight-immunocompromised-patients-role-covid-19-pandemic

Even with near-perfect vaccine coverage, mutations happen and in fast-mutating viruses, they will quickly figure out how to spread despite vaccination (see: flu and covid, for example). Vaccinations (at least in their current forms - future versions promise better protection!) are effective in softening the blow of fast mutating viruses and can significantly reduce the spread and lethality (see covid and flu vaccinations for example), but anti-vaxxers aren't going to affect whether or not the virus will mutate (hint: it will). They'll just help it spread more if they don't die first...

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modestLife1 t1_iuptqcr wrote

:<

what if u have autoimmune reactions to vaccines that give you guillain-barre syndrome

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