The flu jab gets altered every year to adapt to whatever strain is knocking about. And it’s been knocking about for a while.

When this becomes endemic it will simply become the same process as flu. Annual jabs. Not sure why that’s suddenly so surprising. We’ve literally been doing it since the 60s.

Was 1918 a scam?

Did you know? 98.0000001% of people are morons.

Reality and various studies demonstrate the difference that vaccination has made. I think you started on the magic drinks before writing this.

Boosting immunity in line with studies that show it will likely make a meaningful difference certainly makes sense. Logically it should cushion of blow of a possible natural infection, and being that it takes no time at all and will likely be less of a burden on the NHS, I see little down side.

Much like the flu we can probably expect an annual update to protect the most vulnerable. For most people I would expect vaccination combined with natural infection to offer significant protection to those who come into contact with other variants. Specific to T cell immunity there hasn't been significant immune escape from any of these variants yet, which certainly bodes well even if you get infected with this variant or that. Then the covid itself realistically acts as a booster too.

If we'd not bothered vaccinating people, and instead said 'stop eating fast food' (as if those two messages are mutually exclusive), I very much doubt we'd be in a better position.

The vaccine isn't a scam. It's a useful tool in saving lives and without it a bad situation would've been even worse.

Edited by BlueJay (11 Dec 2021 1.56am)

Over time you would.....though I'm not saying that certain demographics shouldn't protect themselves with vaccines....nor that a nanny state is overall a societally healthy development.

If this was all just about messaging, then there would be less to worry about.

Edited by Stirlingsays (11 Dec 2021 6.04am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

It's so that the self righteous don't call you selfish.

You deciding what goes into your body is now seen as so controversial that the way it's going you'll soon need a vaccine ID with its date of boosters to take a bloody sh1t.....mostly from the same crowd who support 'my body, my choice'.

Edited by Stirlingsays (11 Dec 2021 9.06am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Wow, talk about a sledgehammer to crack a walnut, this is more like a jack hammer.

All the signs are pointing towards a new variant that is more transmissable but causes less harm, funnily enough like the vast majority of viruses that morph along the way and which is entirely what was expected.

The talk of locking people down because they have made a choice over what is put in their body (that incidently the post war hippocratic oath actually supports) is way over the top.

I have no trouble socialising with the unvaccinated I just hope that if they do catch it they don't get a serious case.

From the BBC's website:-

"Health officials have renewed their call for everyone eligible to come forward for a Covid booster jab.

It comes after early analysis by the UK Health Security Agency showed a third vaccine dose prevents about 75% of people from getting any Covid symptoms.

The Omicron variant is spreading so quickly everyone is likely to come into contact with an infected person in the next few weeks, a scientist said."

This isn't about you. It's about us and the ability of the NHS to function.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.