Comment on USA | COVID Vaccines May Cost $200 for Uninsured People Due to Federal Funding Cuts

finley@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Codilingus@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not how vaccines work, they lower the chance of extreme symptoms and increase survival chances. They don’t prevent catching the illness.

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  • EleventhHour@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    While it’s not a 100% guarantee of prevention, they absolutely can help prevent infection by significantly boosting immunity. Even previous boosters can help prevent future variants:

    pennmedicine.org/…/new-findings-on-immune-respons…

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    • Codilingus@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      True! I was more or less being lazy and keeping it simple.

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      • EleventhHour@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No, you were just wrong and being a dick about it

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  • finley@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They can also greatly lower the chance of catching the disease in the first place, so it seems like I’m not the one who needs a lecture about how the vaccines work.

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    • Codilingus@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      😬 Same.

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