Will Continued Social Distancing Ultimately Destroy All Human Life on this Planet?

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Re: Will Continued Social Distancing Ultimately Destroy All Human Life on this Planet?

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vegetariantaxidermy wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:28 am
commonsense wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:17 am
Dontaskme wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:32 pm Vaccines will not stop natures way...nature wins....not vaccines.
Tell that to smallpox. :D
I don't think there were any smallpox lockdowns. There was already herd immunity by the time the vaccines became readily available, hence the reason it was only compulsory to get a vaccine when travelling to certain countries.
There was smallpox until 1980. Herd immunity alone could not eradicate varicella without vaccines.
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Re: Will Continued Social Distancing Ultimately Destroy All Human Life on this Planet?

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commonsense wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:52 am
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:28 am
commonsense wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:17 am

Tell that to smallpox. :D
I don't think there were any smallpox lockdowns. There was already herd immunity by the time the vaccines became readily available, hence the reason it was only compulsory to get a vaccine when travelling to certain countries.
There was smallpox until 1980. Herd immunity alone could not eradicate varicella without vaccines.
Yes, but it became a problem only in the countries with no immunity, hence the compulsory vaccine when travelling to those countries!
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