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Old 07-04-2021, 18:32   #4658
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Pierre View Post
If you are vaccinating those that need to be vaccinated, why the need for “herd immunity”. Zero COVID is like chasing the end of the rainbow.

Vaccinate the vulnerable, manage the risks, live our lives.
Herd immunity and zero Covid aren’t one and the same thing.

Managing the risk is to remove as many opportunities for the virus to mutate as possible.

Not managing that risk - not reaching the herd immunity threshold - is resigning ourselves to failure. Inevitable mutation, more restrictions, more lockdowns, greater economic costs and more requirement for vaccines in the long run.

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Yes, I'm sure the EMA was absolutely at the beck and call of No.10 when it came to announcing findings over this.
Nobody is doubting the EMAs transparency given they identified the risks first despite a slower vaccine rollout. We passed the threshold at which is was possible to blame it as the EU deflecting.

It’s apparent we’ve known for some time. The Telegraph article describing an upcoming “difficult two weeks” for the Oxford vaccine didn’t spawn itself into existence. Someone briefed that.
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