Posted by: chupacabra
Posted by: Couch_Surfer
Posted by: syncro
"New science shows that Omicron and its variants are getting better at evading immune defences induced by vaccines or by natural infection. BA5, for example, is more transmissible than any previous variant.
As a consequence it is now possible to be reinfected with one of Omicron’s variants every two to three weeks.
The data also shows that each reinfection confers no immunity. A summer infection, for example, will not protect you against a fall infection. But each and every infection will damage your immune system regardless of how mild the symptoms."
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/07/04/Get-Ready-Forever-Plague/
Also from that article.
"We could have avoided this deteriorating situation, as The Tyee repeatedly advised, by eliminating COVID in our communities more than a year ago."
To which I'd ask, How well has the Covid-zero approach worked out in China? Are we prepared to accept a Shanghai style lockdown in 2022....
Ya, I love how they say that "The Tyee repeatedly advised" as though saying a thing makes it feasible.
I guess these new studies will finally convince the anti-vaxxers that toughing it out and protecting themselves by simply not being fat is going to backfire on them. /s
Yes, I balked at that line myself as I don't think covid zero is possible. However, taking a step back from that point I think the underlying message of trying to limit the spread of covid as much as possible makes sense. But that takes integration across all levels of government. Things like mandatory quaratine for people coming into the country. So if you take your vacay to the US or elsewhere are you prepared to quarantine for another 2 weeks at a govt supervised facility after you get back? Can they implement that at land, sea and air borders?
BC has been close to covid zero twice, but we relaxed restrictions (along with everyone else) and then a short time later things blew up again. Maybe we are all looking at this from too short a time frame and we need to be thinking years into the future in terms of policies and restrictions we need to implement. Humans are strange creatures in that we often tend to do things that negatively affect our long term outcomes in favour of having more comfortable short term outcomes.