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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (10 children)

Yep - the purpose of the vaccine is to help you build COVID antibodies, particularly if you come in contact with COVID19. As vaccinated adults develop antibodies, they will no longer require booster shots. Unvaccinated adults will continue to help the virus spread and mutate, harming more people, and as research now suggests, causing brain and lung damage. Those who've had the shots will be less likely to suffer so severely, if at all.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (9 children)

As vaccinated adults develop antibodies, they will no longer require booster shots.

do you really believe this.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

In the history of virology, this has been been the tradition. Though we still receive booster shots for some viruses that are eradicated in the first world, especially if we visit the global south and are advised to take a bunch of shots before getting on the flight, we technically don't need some of those booster shots if we remain in a first world country without much contact with developing world people. So the reduction in booster shots may be a long way off, but we also know that there will be other SARS or similar viruses. Vaccines became part of everyone's lives in the 20th century, and will remain. It's preferred to getting small pox and other viruses. Here for example is advice on the smallpox vaccine, which should no longer be required in the US (unless there is an outbreak): https://www.cdc.gov/smallpox/vaccine-basics/who-gets-vaccination.html

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

are you really saying maybe some day we won't need covid boosters, but that is far off, like 100 years from now, not in our lifetimes, so a meaningless point?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I am saying that - as we look at the history of vaccines - we can see that they are only really needed in areas where there are outbreaks of a virus. Thus in just a few years, a wealthy country like the US could eradicate most outbreaks, if not all of them, if more people would take the shot, keep the virus from spreading, and the political propaganda were not so powerful among the less educated. Outbreaks can still be introduced in the US by those from - say - India, who bring the Delta variant with them. There will be other variants of the virus, and likely new vaccines to address them. The COVID19 virus may only last in 1st world countries for a few more years, with minor outbreaks, but that's not known at this point. One can look to the history of vaccines in order to see how long they've lasted. We might worry, for example, about the next SARS outbreak, rather than COVID19. I would agree with any conspiracy theory that locates the intentional spread of the virus to a COVID lab in Wuhan. In my view it's biological warfare that serves China's government and the .01%, hence the US would never admit this. But I could be wrong. My view is that we should follow the money.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

speaking of the history of vaccines, have you heard of the swine flu vaccine?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Yes - that's one of the seasonal flu viruses, called the A/H1N1pdm09 virus, or H1N1, and could be treated like other flu viruses. I had to look this up, to remind myself about it. We could call it the Mexican flu virus strain. It's of course unlike SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) viruses.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

yeah but it's vaccine was no good. So speaking of history of vaccines, we shouldn't always trust them.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

If one of the flu vaccines was problematic, it was likely pulled from the shelves. People still take flu vaccines before flu season. These flu vaccines are also for the swine flu. So I am not sure which flu vaccine was problematic, but I can assure you that it was replaced with the usual flu vaccine.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

it'll be great when they "pull this from the shelves" but that won't help the people who took it in the meantime that have myocarditis. And the immunity for big pharma doesn't help them either.