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Most being the operative word too: 1 in 1000 get encephalitis and brain damage, 1-3 in 1000 die!

Measles R0 is also something absurd like 15, with spread characteristics of "a person with measles goes in an elevator - the next day a person gets in the same elevator and catches it".



Fine, but if it's just a matter of degree, why would anyone want to keep spinning the evolution roulette wheel that might lead to a variant with significant vaccine breakthrough? This is a global pandemic that we have effective tools to fight not being fully utilized.




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