[This] is according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who was asked how long a person would be shielded from the virus via a vaccine.
“We do not know the answer to that,” Fauci said on a live-streamed videoconference hosted by the Dr. Francis Collins, director of National Institutes of Health. “You can assume, that you’re going to get protection at least to take us at least through this cycle.”
“When you look at natural infection it’s anywhere from six months to a year. However, with this spike protein that’s being presented in the way that we do it, with primes and in some cases boosts, we’re going to assume that there’s a degree of protection, but we have to assume that it’s going to be finite,” said Fauci.
That's true of all flu vaccines, kumquat. 40% effective across the herd is considered successful. The only reason for your downplay is stoke fear and undermine attempts to reopen the economy.
Fauci warns that COVID-19 vaccine protection may be ‘finite’
He's tempering expectations, mostly because they can't tell you the ins and outs of a vaccine that hasn't even been developed for widespread testing yet. They are literally learning things about the virus on a weekly basis. This is just tempering expectations and trying not to get people's hopes up that this is a permanent, long term solutions. There are no quick, easy answers here. I know all supporters of You-Know-Who are hoping there's a magic bullet that will allow things to go back to normal and get their hero back out at his ginned up pep rallies. Fauci is being realistic. Exactly what I would expect a doctor to do. Don't give me pie in the sky. Give me the odds.
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Yeah, like the quick and easy answer of "wear a mask or you are hitler"?
The thing is we aren't even getting odds, or full information. Take the current "spikes" Are these antibody results, PCR RNA fragment positives, hospital admittance records? Clinical diagnoses?
What of ICU admittance numbers? Deaths?
Curious those last two were the prime movers for the initial ramp up, yet have been pushed back to the shadows for some reason.
That would probably be because they knew little or next to nothing about the virus when it first appeared here. It was literally on the job experience. And then you have people (who admittedly have had their lives interrupted and destroyed) who just wanted the quick fix. Except there are none. It's not hard to see where the current spikes are coming from. It was "back to normal" for Memorial Day and the week after...and lo and behold, a few weeks later, you start seeing spikes. I have no doubt that we'll see the same thing for 4th of July in a few weeks. And since when have ICU admittance and deaths been pushed to the background? Have you turned on the news lately? CNN, MSNBC, and all the major networks have run stories that ICU admittance numbers are up. There are ICU's at hospitals in Florida, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, and Arizona that are nearing capacity. What do you think is going to happen when that occurs? The deaths might be headed down because doctors are getting more efficient and learning more about what treatments work and what doesn't. Several media outlets have run stories on this. I strongly recommend you turn off Fox and stop consuming right wing media sources and pundits information. These people are not going to give you facts that you can use to make informed decisions. They have an agenda to stay in You-Know-Who's good graces.
Wearing masks, social distancing, and hygiene are three things they know prevent the spread of the virus. The fact that most people cannot be trusted (or constantly whine about) to take even these simple steps says a lot where we are as a nation. I hope we make it through this in one piece.