EasilyAmused
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I wouldn't be advocating mandatory mask wearing but if it reduced the annual flu or other annual respiratory illnesses it would do a lot of good.
I hate mask wearing and only do so where it’s legally required, but based on anecdotal evidence there’s been an enormous drop in influenza and common cold this winter.
If vaccines are nearly 100% effective in preventing serious illness or death from Covid-19 ...
Pfizer, Moderna and Sputnik-V are in the 90ies but AZ is in the 70ies and J&J in the 60ies.
And it goes without saying they are 0% with people that don’t get the vaccine.
And we still don’t know for how long they’ll be effective.
Three years of further lockdown and one could kiss goodbye to the economy and the recession will likely have much more of a devastating effect than the pandemic.
To clarify:
In the last week Sam McConkey has warmed us that we may be facing at least a further three years of pandemic.