re: Return of the Smack: JBE Press Conference Thursday 12/30 at 1

herd immunity was never happening until the virus became more contagious and less harmful. Just like the flu

there will be seasonal SARS viruses and seasonal influenza and thus seasonal vaccines that will be elective, just like always. The beat goes on

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Are they really expecting us to get our kids tested before they return from break?

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I hope not, in my small town the only place that is testing without charge is the hospital and that’s with a doctors order, the local CVS says they don’t have the staff to do any testing.

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The vaccinated and boosted are less likely to get it

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I don’t think this is true. The first person to have Covid at my husband’s work was someone who was fully vaccinated & boosted. He graciously spread it around.

(Anecdotal- I know)

I get what you’re saying. This will eventually meld into seasonal cold just like the Spanish flu became the dominate “parent” of the seasonal flu.

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Since the whole world had been exposed to the virus, and had therefore developed natural immunity against it, the 1918 strain began to mutate and evolve in a process called “antigenic drift.” Slightly altered versions of the 1918 flu reemerged in the winters of 1919-1920 and 1920-1921, but they were far less deadly and nearly indistinguishable from the seasonal flu. “The 1918 flu definitely lost its real virulence by the early 1920s,” says Taubenberger. But what’s truly incredible, according to genetic analyses, is that the same novel strain of flu first introduced in 1918 appears to be the direct ancestor of every seasonal and pandemic flu we’ve had over the past century.

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JBE is a big bully. F that slimy piece of shite. I stopped listening to his advice a long time ago.

yes exactly
seasonal influenza is a variant of the deadly Spanish flu. Had the Spanish flu not found equilibrium with the host by becoming both more contagious and less deadly it would not be here today

as someone mentioned earlier this is why something like Ebola never escapes containment. It kills too quickly and is easy to quarantine. SARS is impossible to quarantine and one day it is likely that one will arrive that will be an existential threat which is why there are very smart people working in virology AND the lab in wuhan should be burned to the ground

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Is that like Catholic “Tradition

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You are very ignorant and misinformed and know NOTHING about Catholicism. It is a privilege and honor to be Catholic and to celebrate Jesus through mass and the holy Eucharist.

In summary we learned nothing new (JBE said as much) in terms of dealing with the pandemic and recommended treatment/mitigation from the state: 1. Social distance, 2. Mask up and 3. Vaccinate.

However the 500 pound gorilla in the room is therapeutic rigidity from state and medical establishment and vaccine rigidity.

At this point the state and medical establishment has to realize what they are dealing with and humble up and offer antivirals and monoclonals to keep people out of the hospitals. It’s the middle ground.

Policy changes like administering antivirals and monoclonals early (to both vaxxed and unvaxxed) will lower hospitalization rates. Ron DeSantis proved that in Florida and have witnessed it first hand.

The state and medical establishment’s rigidity to early treatment with therapeutics and monoclonals is baffling and trying to determine why this is their stance this late in the game especially after proof that they work quite well when administered early leads to malevolent and conspiratorial reasons.

It’s time for the state and medical establishment to give up on its therapeutic rigidity for early treatment of COVID

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Vaccinated people with a current booster are most likely not going to get it

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There is absolutely no data that suggests this conclusion.