Part of why the flu shot is only 67% effective is its tendency to mutate rapidly. Thankfully, that’s not a trick Covid-19 has learned.
Part of why the flu shot is only 67% effective is its tendency to mutate rapidly. Thankfully, that’s not a trick Covid-19 has learned.
Part of why the flu shot is only 67% effective is its tendency to mutate rapidly. Thankfully, that’s not a trick Covid-19 has learned.
It 100% isn't the first deadly disease, but there are things that set Covid-19 apart from all those other diseases. The black plague was a bacteria, which are much less contagious and much more treatable. Malaria has killed just about half of all humans that have ever lived, but is easier to treat as it cannot normally spread human-to-human. Ebola was very deadly but wasn't contagious for a long period of time, and wasn't easily spread.It isn't like deadly disease is new to the human race, folks. Smallpox, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, tuberculosis, black plague, influenza, malaria, HIV... the list goes on and on.
Yes, it is very hard to eradicate diseases. Measles was practically eradicated in the United States, but has reemerged when antivaxxers became common. We did eventually develop a vaccine for smallpox. (Also, did you know that both the US and Russian governments have frozen smallpox in storage?) It isn't easy to eradicate diseases, and often they do mutate to become less effective and deadly on humans, but we can't speculate on this. Back when smallpox was a problem, people understood how vaccines could save lives and happily got them when available. Unfortunately, 20% of Americans won't get a Covid-19 vaccine if given the opportunity.In fact, the only two diseases we have ever successfully eradicated have been smallpox and rinderpest (a disease of cattle, not people). So, no, this will not end, insofar as this hasn't ended for pretty much any other disease. But somehow, we manage.
Yes, I'm sure a lot of people think that we'll just be able to miracle up a cure for coronavirus and save lives instantly. The disease has only been around for 6 months, but in that time period we've not found any treatments for it. A lot of people got their hopes up for Hydroxichloroquine, as the POTUS got anxious for a miracle-cure. I'm not saying that we won't get rid of or find a treatment for Coronavirus, but it will take awhile and there'll be stumbles on the path.To be honest, so far there's no specific indication that, long term, SARS-CoV-2 is going to be a particularly intractable beast. Maybe folks are basing expectations on media, where a disease shows up and poof! by the end of the episode there's a complete cure, and we despair if something magic doesn't happen in the commercial break. But, folks, do remember - this disease was first noted only about six months ago! It was noted as a new coronavirus in the first week of January, for cryin' out loud! The fact that no miracle cure has appeared in a mere half-year is no indication at all that there will never be something that does the trick.
Patience is the key to beating the virus. Patience while quarantining in your homes. Patience to find a cure and not rushing drugs that can kill you. Patience to find a vaccine that works. Patience to making more testing kits that actually work. We should be patient, but we should also plan ahead for future problems, which the government (at least the US government) is failing to do. They're failing to address current problems, and also causing more people to die. If we plan for the antivaxxers, we can possibly beat this.Have a bit of patience, folks, before you throw in the towel.
True but it does mutate. Any vaccine isn't going to be 100% effective.
There has never been a vaccine made for a coronavirus before that has worked.
Yes, it is very hard to eradicate diseases. Measles was practically eradicated in the United States, but has reemerged when antivaxxers became common. We did eventually develop a vaccine for smallpox. (Also, did you know that both the US and Russian governments have frozen smallpox in storage?) It isn't easy to eradicate diseases, and often they do mutate to become less effective and deadly on humans, but we can't speculate on this. Back when smallpox was a problem, people understood how vaccines could save lives and happily got them when available. Unfortunately, 20% of Americans won't get a Covid-19 vaccine if given the opportunity.
Whoa, I wouldn't say antivaxxers are common. They are most certainly loud. Common though? No.
They are common enough to give us local measles outbreaks again
I guess we can agree to disagree on what we individually consider common in a population of 320 million.