The worst outcome is a vaccine that only targets the non-lethal variants and lets the worst variants leak on through and mutate away. Even worse worst if the vaccine makes transmission more likely, not less.
Turns out that the worst outcome would have been no vaccine, given that having one allowed for some folks to escape infections, more serious infections, or death.
It also turns out that a virus will mutate anyway, regardless of if there’s a vaccine present or not. And it turns out that some coronavirus variations did indeed appear before vaccine rollouts.
The Alpha and Beta variants were designated as VOC by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Dec. 18, 2020. Meanwhile, the Gamma variant, which was first detected in Brazil, was listed as a VOC on Jan. 11, 2021.
The Delta variant, which was first detected in India, was designated a VOC in April 2021 (here). However, it was not caused by mass rollouts of vaccines, which began largely from the start of 2021.
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The vaccines have also not caused the virus itself to mutate.
“Virus mutations arise when the virus is replicating in a cell. None of the available vaccines contain live virus, so they cannot directly be the source of a viral variant,” Grier said.
“For the most part, the coronavirus vaccines reduce the risk of getting infected, and with fewer infections, there is less replicating virus so the chance of producing new variants decreases as well,” she added.
The worst outcome might be hysterical folks on the Internet shouting about ‘leakiness’ as a cause for something, when it isn’t.
The darkhorse podcast boils my blood every time I hear them spout that crap.
"Well the vaccines *could* be leaky." "The vaccines *could* be dangerous." "The vaccines *could* cause alpha males to turn into beta males" (they're evolutionary biologists and super into all that crap)
"We're just asking the question! Why are we getting so much hate??"
The worst outcome might be hysterical folks on the Internet shouting about ‘leakiness’ as a cause for something, when it isn’t.
The darkhorse podcast boils my blood every time I hear them spout that crap.
"Well the vaccines *could* be leaky." "The vaccines *could* be dangerous." "The vaccines *could* cause alpha males to turn into beta males" (they're evolutionary biologists and super into all that crap)
"We're just asking the question! Why are we getting so much hate??"
Does it also boil your blood that the vaccines wane in efficacy and that people who get the vaccine are likely to be infected by the new variants?
The darkhorse podcast boils my blood every time I hear them spout that crap.
"Well the vaccines *could* be leaky." "The vaccines *could* be dangerous." "The vaccines *could* cause alpha males to turn into beta males" (they're evolutionary biologists and super into all that crap)
"We're just asking the question! Why are we getting so much hate??"
Does it also boil your blood that the vaccines wane in efficacy and that people who get the vaccine are likely to be infected by the new variants?
Why would it? Do you skip your adult booster vaccines because they wane in efficacy?
Everyone is likely to be infected by the new variants. That's why they're researching new vaccines based of the mRNA of the new variants.
Does it also boil your blood that the vaccines wane in efficacy and that people who get the vaccine are likely to be infected by the new variants?
Why would it? Do you skip your adult booster vaccines because they wane in efficacy?
Everyone is likely to be infected by the new variants. That's why they're researching new vaccines based of the mRNA of the new variants.
These are good questions. It is fine to ask questions, including good ones and including bad ones.
They are not just researching new vaccines, they are also researching the main effects and side effects of these vaccines. That leads to a lot of questions that, when asked, should not boil our blood.
Based on these results, we determined that across healthcare and community settings, those who wore masks were less likely to contact COVID-19. Future investigations are warranted as more information becomes available.
Well, damn. Even with that typo in there, it would appear that masks were helping in a measurable way, be it by keeping folks from contracting or ‘contacting’ COVID. : D
Cue a random board member to show up in a moment to announce anyway that ‘masks don’t work’.
