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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think we don't know the long term efficacy of the vaccine because the test subjects were injected not that long ago, right? In any case it looks like the data supports the notion that the vaccine gives almost all people immunity for at least a reasonable length of time.  In that time infection rates will be driven down.  Maybe you'll need another vaccine next fall.  Maybe you won't.  A vaccine is one very important tool.  It's not a silver bullet.  Eventually once infection rates are low enough covid will sort of fade into the background.  People still get whooping cough and measles but we don't freak out about it.  We get vaccinated if we are eligible and get on with it.[/quote]
Vaccines are the closest thing to a silver bullet that modern medicine has to offer.  If we had 100% vaccination rates for whooping cough and measles, they would disappear completely.  This already happened with smallpox and almost happened with polio.

Even though the vaccine is new, it probably does give long term immunity because test subjects developed the type of antibodies that stick around for years.  [/quote]

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