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Israel debunks your theory. You can't vaccinate against COVID. It is now a seasonal disease with us to stay.

> A thorough campaign of vaccination, on the other hand, would put an end to this disease, just as vaccination put an end to measles, polio, whooping cough, mumps, etc. etc.

How many strains did we see of each of the above within the first 18 months of existence?

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> Israel debunks your theory

Cherry picking. There is plenty of contra evidence to suggest that vaccination is extremely effective at keeping people from getting very ill.

> It is now a seasonal disease with us to stay

Agreed, though it's clearly not seasonal (a surge in summer?). Unless a particularly lethal variant comes along and whittles down the antivaxxer population significantly.

> There is plenty of contra evidence to suggest that vaccination is extremely effective at keeping people from getting very ill.

This does not in itself suggest anything about transmissibility, which is what GP is referring to.

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