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Consider then my family member, who is elderly and immuno-compromised such that the vaccine may not be effective.

Immunocompromised people always have been at risk and always will be at risk. The presence of one more endemic coronavirus doesn't really change anything. Other endemic coronaviruses already have a high fatality rate in that population. I don't mean to minimize your family member's situation but that's just medical reality.

https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/223/9/1564/5899001

Having an already-high baseline risk before adding covid is a reason to be more cautious, not less. The point is that this particular vector is so trivially preventable.

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