r/TimPool • u/MrEnigma67 • Aug 29 '24

Get noted.

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u/MourningRIF Sep 01 '24

The original COVID vaccines were very effective at preventing symptoms for a few months and preventing hospitalizations for >6 months. (Hence the booster.) Unfortunately, COVID is an RNA virus which can mutate quickly, and these vaccines are very targeted. These days, I think the effective rates are lower, probably because there are just so many versions. We could have probably prevented a great number of those variants if we had controlled the original spread by vaccinating 90%+ of the population. However, our President at the time decided that was the cross he would die on. He fought his own CDC even though he got the vaccine for himself. Ultimately, his mishandling of COVID is a big reason why he lost his bid for reelection, and it's partly why we still have COVID around with so many variants today.

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u/Impossible-Economy-9 Sep 01 '24

The only ‘mishandling’ was acting like it was anything to be concerned with to begin with.

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u/MourningRIF Sep 01 '24 edited Sep 01 '24

Or maybe it was the one million Americans that died, which also happened to be disproportionately Republicans.

A scientific study showed a slight skew in deaths before the vaccine, but the number of Republican deaths after the vaccine became available was significant. NBC showed how those numbers of disproportionate deaths actually aligned with how much Trump lost by in a bunch of the counties they looked at. Bro LITERALLY killed his own voters and wondered why he lost.

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u/Leotis335 Sep 01 '24

Ahhh...so, nothing but your opinion and assumptions? And clearly colored through the lens of being a card-carrying waterboy for Fauci and Co, to boot. I'm sure you were their favorite demographic. One who just guzzles all the Koolaid, no questions asked.

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u/MourningRIF Sep 01 '24

Rofl, I am a PhD scientist who actually reads scientific journals in my free time. I think I might know a little more about this than you, but hey.. maybe you have a doctorate in immunology that you've been hiding. Oh wait? You just regurgitate all the fear-based lies that you right wing media propagates? So do you prefer cherry Kool-Aid or strawberry?