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[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (12 children)

Vaccines don't work when 1/2 the population refuses to take it.

[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

They sure put a damper on the spread of COVID, even with a bunch of idiots refusing to take them.

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Covid had a ~5% mortality rate at the peak, H5N1 has a mortality rate of ~56%, a damper won't be enough

[–] Rawrx3@lazysoci.al 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So the ignoreant will perish and the rest of us will pick up after them. Kinda sounds like climate change tbh.

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

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.

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