Yes. Admittedly a weird way of communicating it but I think they're trying to accommodate those who are already confused. I personally think it's having the opposite effect.
"Booster" is more positive than "we told you it would be immunization, but actually it's partial and limited, and you have to do it again. Woops, now again".
Especially since people have been talking about a 4th dose.
In the context of distrust of the pharma industry, it would be easy to have the social networks to claim pfizer is trying to become the netflix of vaccine and sell shots as a service.
So they are very careful with the wording.
Yes, it does.
> This seems especially true with Omicron and the spread through vaccinated air travellers.
Nobody knows yet. We don't have enough data. Anyone who says something definitive about Omicron is either basing it off of a small amount of early data, or is lying to you. Things like infection rate, hospitalization and death are all lagging indicators. We do not have enough data to make such assertions yet.
> It encourages mutating variants to escape/prevail because it reduces severity so you are more likely to function socially and keep spreading it.
This we agree on - which is why vaccination is so important. It does reduce spread. Not sure where you got the idea it does not.
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E (to the person who responded to me): Your response was flagged and dead before I even came back to look, so it wasn't me. Nice try calling me "cowardly" though.
The vaccine does reduce spread of the virus(es) it is made for. That statement had little to do with omicron.
My second point about assertions still stands. I don't think my comment was that hard to decipher, and certainly didn't warrant calling me names.
Being purposefully obtuse about relatively simple concepts is generally not well received on HN. Perhaps that's why you were immediately flagged.
This is often portrayed as something people say, do they actually? Because that's exactly how it works with e.g. the flu. It's called yearly flu shot for a reason... 'cause it's yearly.
[x] Usually occurs in waves during winter
[x] Vaccine is effective for around 4-6 months
[x] Vaccine does not confer sterile immunity
[x] Transmitted through air
[x] Transmitted especially in crowds and enclosed rooms
[x] Masks work
[x] Infects respiratory tract but
can cause severe auto-immune inflammation afterwards
[x] Can cause long-term respiratory issues
[x] Many people do OK being infected, but long tail of death