The COVID-19 pandemic

[jeffster]

4 doses of the vaccine is not enough:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...-infection

I can't access this article due to the paywall but I'm a bit confused what "warding off" even implies, especially when the vaccine does not nor has ever really been considered to prevent infection itself. It is primarily taken to minimize the impacts of the disease and potential death.

Public health in Ontario has more or less concluded that, if you have any symptoms, assume you have it and chill at home for 5-10 days (I forget what the specifics are...I think 5 days if you are vaccinated? But correct me if I'm wrong). Doesn't that mean that your vaccinated or even unvaccinated immune system can already ward this off and you should get better fairly quickly? Most scientific bodies around the world has concluded that this variant is fairly "mild". One of the main reasons the hospitals are getting hit hard right now is due to the fact this particular variant spreads so fast, and statistically, that means that more and more people will get hospitalized. But really...

How many more doses of this are we supposed to get? Lol. Either this vaccine works or we need to rethink things.

I believe both Moderna and Pfizer are working on updated mRNA vaccines.

Some suggest that this becomes seasonal with yearly boosters, or possibly 2 boosters a year.

But it's doubtful that anyone has the right answer.