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BigmanPigman

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15. I expect yearly booster shots to combat the variants.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sun Jun 13, 2021, 06:17 PM

Jun 2021

I always get the flu shot (teaching in a 1st grade classroom is very unhealthy) and I don't get the typical flu, just a bunch of colds, one after the other. We don't know how people will react to the variants in the future years. Booster shots (vaccinations) should become a yearly practice if this doesn't "go away, like a miracle".

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The Doctor Who Eliminated Smallpox Says COVID-19 Is Here to Stay [View all] appalachiablue Jun 2021 OP

SARS went away, 1918 flu went away soothsayer Jun 2021 #1

Prepare for the worst case scenario.... FarPoint Jun 2021 #2

I'm a serious fan of masks and I hate open office design soothsayer Jun 2021 #4

I'm a born pessimist but I think you're correct. Laffy Kat Jun 2021 #7

One thing we know... FarPoint Jun 2021 #8

Influenza and rhinovirus have not gone away. But they have advantage being less deadly. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2021 #3

That too soothsayer Jun 2021 #5

Covid-19 is SARs CoV-2. Laffy Kat Jun 2021 #6

sars-cov-1did disappear. Voltaire2 Jun 2021 #12

Yes. I just feel like the other shoe is going to drop in the late fall/early winter. Laffy Kat Jun 2021 #16

SARS yes, A/H1N1, no. Voltaire2 Jun 2021 #11

The 1918 flu didn't go away. It's the H1N1 virus , marybourg Jun 2021 #13

1918 flu didn't die til the early 50's. pansypoo53219 Jun 2021 #17

He's definitely one of the people to listen to underpants Jun 2021 #9

Interesting but... Voltaire2 Jun 2021 #10

Between isolated people in the third world and dumbass antivaxers in the first Warpy Jun 2021 #14

I expect yearly booster shots to combat the variants. BigmanPigman Jun 2021 #15