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by 7speter 1220 days ago
> Then I see old folks or one 30y/o woman in the supermarket wearing a mask, and I remember that this protects them too.

I have a hard time believing that after 2 years of messaging about why people should take a vaccine that this is an “honest question”
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mdp2021 1220 days ago
> I have a hard time believing that after 2 years of messaging about why

You must have forgotten that they have been two years of communicational failures.

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landemva 1220 days ago
I just read this January 2023 article by a person with last name Fauci that claims coronaviruses have never been controlled by vaccines. More communication problems or admission of mistakes?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9832587

Rethinking next-generation vaccines for coronaviruses, influenzaviruses, and other respiratory viruses David M. Morens, Jeffery K. Taubenberger, and Anthony S. Fauci

'Because these viruses generally do not elicit complete and durable protective immunity by themselves, they have not to date been effectively controlled by licensed or experimental vaccines. In this review, we examine challenges that have impeded development of effective mucosal respiratory vaccines ...'

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latchkey 1220 days ago
> with last name Fauci that claims coronaviruses have never been controlled by vaccines

Actually, the full text is:

"Viruses that replicate in the human respiratory mucosa without infecting systemically, including influenza A, SARS-CoV-2, endemic coronaviruses, RSV, and many other “common cold” viruses, cause significant mortality and morbidity and are important public health concerns. Because these viruses generally do not elicit complete and durable protective immunity by themselves, they have not to date been effectively controlled by licensed or experimental vaccines."

The authors of the paper (not just Fauci) named off a group of different viruses, not just a single one. Taken in the stated context, it should make a lot more sense to anyone who reads this stuff.

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randm_sequence 1219 days ago
Countless studies have shown that SARS-CoV2 can infect systemically and not just the lungs. The SARS-CoV2 virus has been found in virtually every organ and the first autopsy studies in 2020 demonstrated this.

It is horrifying that the person who has lead the response to this virus for the US is a coauthor of this factually incorrect statement 3 years into the pandemic.

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latchkey 1219 days ago
> Countless studies

Not that I don't believe you, but source?

> this factually incorrect statement

Exactly which factually incorrect statement?

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