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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
In my stupidity, I couldn't piece together the "four conditions" to which you allude,
Notwithstanding this, if "all four conditions are met", then we have a new virus, at which point we are potentially .....
Again, notwithstanding this, humanity has survived a very long time and has got through many epidemics of scale and we're still here, able to knock up a vaccine in a few months and prolly shortening that time too.
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That's where it gets interesting. Lockdown saved lives pending availability of the Covid vaccines. Yet the economic earthquake that occurred is unlikely to be sustainable in any near future pandemic and thus two things need to be developed (if at all possible) to protect us:
1. Faster vaccine development, e.g. building on MRNA technique;
2. Development of proper home-based working where possible to reduce inter-human contact.
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Vaccine Efficacy
Antibody Efficacy
Transmissibility
% chance of severe illness/death
the above are the four conditions to which i was referring.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/22/h...ine/index.html
'However, Covid-19 vaccination is still expected to provide substantial protection against severe disease, and vaccine makers are working on updated shots that might elicit a stronger immune response against the variants.'
'Expected' being the key word to my mind, good news also on updated shots but again it's a 'might'
I'm in no way advocating a return to the lockdowns we had, BUT dependent on mutations it may well be that they become a reality.