Replies to post #239541 on Biotech Values

[vinmantoo]

Work the numbers

I gave you the numbers. They show Covid is far more deadly and far more of a threat. As far as 1952, they didn't have PCR tests in 1952 to determine how many people were asymptomatic after getting infected with polio.

[Biowatch]

The deadliest viruses in history

[We probably have more immunocompromised people leading healthy, productive lives than ever before in human history, which means that their contribution to human society could be erased if someone else doesn’t get vaccinated, doesn’t wear a mask, and doesn’t maintain a reasonable social distance.

In the bad old days, a huge number of children died in infancy and plagues changed world history.]

https://www.livescience.com/56598-deadliest-viruses-on-earth.html

[radford]

It is not a fair comparison to lump Covid in with the other childhood diseases for which the US requires immunization. Even though most of the viral vaccines given are attenuated they do not result in disease symptoms and once the immune response is achieved, the immunity is complete and long lasting, or at least for the period when the child is at highest risk.

Seasonal influenza is a much more serious disease in children than Covid. Yet there have never been mask mandates, school closings, mandatory vaccination or anywhere near the fear mongering that the public is currently being subjected to. The current Covid vaccines do not protect against infection, disease, or transmission of the virus. Although they can be characterized as generally safe they are not completely safe. And they have only been demonstrated to be effective for a matter of months.