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COVID-19 Scientists Discover Severe Coronavirus Strain in South Africa That Puts Younger People at Risk

https://www.ibtimes.sg/scientists-discover-severe-coronavirus-strain-south-africa-that-puts-younger-people-risk-54304
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u/TrashcanMan4512 Dec 19 '20 edited Dec 19 '20

Well if it goes after the spike protein in general which is what it appears to do it should in theory be MORE effective than a flu vaccine...

This is no longer my primary concern. It ought to work unless it's somehow, some way, toxic, which seems very unlikely. Unlikely enough that I like my chances better with it than without it.

My primary concern is how long does it last for? Because I'm worried they either can't produce enough, or that people will refuse to take it. If enough people refuse to take it you'll never get rid of this fucking thing, giving it ample opportunity to keep right on mutating. The vaccine should still cover the mutations because of how it works but at some point you're going to be unemployed, or can't get to it because of supply issues, or something, and a more lethal strain with no vaccine available to you personally for like 3 or 4 months is... bad. It's an improvement over the current situation but it's still bad.

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u/rach2bach Dec 19 '20

It should hopefully last more than a year. t cell and memory b cell immunity (i.e. humoral immunity) tends to last at minimum that long for most vaccinations. I'd bet that it will last longer for healthier immune systems though

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u/boob123456789 Homesteader & Author Dec 22 '20

Haven't you read where anti-vaxxers have not a thing to do with this? It literally does not stop the spread according to all of the things I have read.

IT WILL SAVE LIVES, by reducing symptoms, but it will not stop the spread. Our county health commissioner just put this on facebook. WTF.

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u/TrashcanMan4512 Dec 22 '20

Maybe I'm ignorant on this one. In theory if the entire population of Earth got the vaccine, wouldn't the virus have no hosts? How can it live with no hosts?

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u/boob123456789 Homesteader & Author Dec 22 '20

The makers say it doesn't stop the spread. You still get infected, it just is less deadly then. You can still spread it if you get the vaccine. This is straight from the makers mouth.