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Biden administration to urge Americans get new COVID-19 boosters
(www.reuters.com)
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Is this gonna become a yearly thing?
When we failed to take the initial spread seriously and let the thing turn endemic, yes. Yes it will. Much like the flu.
Failing implies an attempt. The government deliberately chose to lift restrictions prematurely, knowing it would result in the deaths of millions of people, just to make billionaires richer.
While I agree with your assertion that it was done for financial reasons, it was already endemic by the time the world noticed.
Well that's depressing.
Yeah, they said a couple years ago, they were expecting it to have a yearly booster, same as the flu.
Likely, but keep in mind, generally overtime, viruses become less* lethal as its the non lethal ones that survive to spread(as lethal ones kill host, and killing the host is detrimental for the spread of a virus)
While that is normally true, covid spreads before symptoms show. So it doesn't select as well for non-lethality since lethal variants have plenty of time to spread before it kills the host.
Not really. Most viruses get weaker as they mutate. It only makes it easier for the virus to survive and thrive if it is less destructive to its host.
If viruses got more violent we’d all had died from the common cold a long time ago.
True it just sucks that it's yet another thing I have to worry about just to live and perform my job correctly. I hate getting sick regardless of lethality.
You said lethal where I think you meant non-lethal. This is confusing your point.