Anyone else care to have a go at this because, quite frankly, I am (once again) sick and tired of going around in circles with the same tired old discussions we've been going through for years.
I'll finish up by saying "you do you" and we'll see how things are going with Covid in a year or so (assuming our cowardly, pathetic governments don't even take the most basic steps to slow down the spread of this virus - and I'm sure they won't).
No one is asking for lockdowns or border closures but things like masks in hospitals, aged care and all other healthcare settings would make a big difference like they did before governments were obviously pressured into removing them - same as they were pressured into removing masks on planes, in airports, public transport and lastly in hospitals and healthcare.
Let's see how many healthy people are left in Australia (and worldwide) in about 5 years time if the current rate of Covid infections and reinfections isn't reduced. The pollies' precious economy will be up the creek without a paddle when that happens.
Assuming "bird flu" doesn't take out half of the population first, of course. And I'm sure our pathetic pollies will be doing their best to try and convince everyone that it's "just a cold"... until it's too late to stop it.
Man has been on this planet for around 6 million years. Germs and viruses for billions of years. The real threats to our survival is war and overpopulation.
Our immune system is the second most complicated system in the body(second to the brain). Even a half functioning immune system is more than capable of fighting off most known(or unknown) pathogens/antigens.
Now modern man has decided(for profit) that our immune system now needs help for this 7th generation SARS virus. More contagious but less virulent than the orginal.
Man decides that he can't wait the 1-3 days for the immune system to make its own antibodies to fight this virus. Antibodies that aren't fooled by any viral variances.
But man decided to force muscle cells to genetically clone only a part of this virus(spike proteins). Once these antigens were formed in the cell and released into the body, they could prompted a immune response. But these antibodies are specific ONLY to the coded SPIKE PROTEINS. Not all of the markers on the entire virus.
But of course these spike proteins are NOT sentient. They can go anywhere in the body they want, in search of ACE2 receptor sites. That is before they are programed to die(supposedly). They don't care where these sites are(brain, heart, lymph nodes, kidneys, intestines, blood vessels, lungs, stomach, etc.). And, neither does the immune response. This response will also destroy receptor sites(and cells). Destroying these sites, will directly diminish the important regulatory functions of this enzyme(ACE2).
Here are some stats you should really look at.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/australia/
As far as panicking for the future, I really wouldn't worry. None of us will be here! As of April 14, 2024 there have been 24,414 total deaths with or from this virus. There have been 1,546 days from the start of this virus until this date. The current population of Australia is 26,676,748 people. Lets assume that all rates stay the same, and the population desn't change,
1,546 days x 26,676,748 people/24,414 deaths = 1,689,287days. Or,
4,628 YEARS(4,901 YEARS GLOBALLY)
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I agree that you should always do you. Just as long as I am not forced/coerced to do you!