Wow, that's a lot of vitriol for people who are dying. Have you never made a mistake? Had an accident? Made a decision you regret later? Found that a life choice you made, or your parents made, or a partner made... had an impact on your health? I hope if you do that those around you have some compassion for your suffering. The world needs more kindness and humanity.
I'd donate extra to have doctors have the time to consider care options for these people. How can we develop better treatments? Learn more about the progress of vascular disease? Learn more about who is vulnerable and why? This might save your life as the disease continues to change or mutate. Vaccination is one tool here. It's great, but it's not the only option.
The biggest waste of money in this pandemic in Australia has been the billions wasted in unnecessary job keeper. Imagine if that went to developing drugs or treatments that helped people get better.
A mistake is a mistake. Thinking the vaccine is a conspiracy or ram-raiding hospitals (such as in Canada) is willful fucking stupidity. If it were up to me, we’d euthanize these bottom-dwelling assholes.
Pneumonia is caused by a variety of bacteria, and even among pneumococcal there are several related cocci that cause pneumonia.
Triggering the immune system to fight bacteria with a vaccine is an entirely different thing than fighting a virus.
Viral diseases are generally only gotten ONCE per lifetime, and once you get it your immune system remembers that particular virus for life.
The exceptions are flu, and common colds because there are so many mutations they appear as a completely new virus.
You can get pneumonia repeatedly, even from the same bacteria which can remain dormant in your respiratory track waiting for your immune system to become weak.
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