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Anonymous asked in HealthDiseases & ConditionsInfectious Diseases · 2 days ago

Is my dad right about this pandemic?

He is a physician specializing in infectious diseases. He has worked on the COVID vaccine and says that despite what you hear in the media the current vaccines only offer protection for 1-2 months. He says the virus just keeps mutating and getting stronger, and this pandemic is going to play out very similarly to the Black Death pandemic of the 14th century, and we will have over a billion deaths within the next 5 years. He spends a lot of time alone now, and cries a lot, and I can tell he is really wearing down. I'm so worried about both him and this world.

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  • Anonymous
    7 hours ago

    You realise Covid virus is same as a flu virus, you're a liar troll because covid is proved to be coming from the same virus category as the flu. Vaccines will make it to a common flu because it makes our body recognise the virus t and kills it. Go educate yourself in biology.  Vaccines is form of  weakest covid virus in it so our body can fight it and when the real **** happens our body can handle it that's what vaccines do.

    Source(s): You're dad can say jump of the cliff and you can survive I bet you will believe him.
  • 8 hours ago

    Your dad is right, this pandemic is never going to end... all these optimists are going to get crushed.

  • hart
    Lv 6
    8 hours ago

    big BS,,,,,,,,,,,,

  • ?
    Lv 6
    11 hours ago

    hes wrong , the covid is the flu , either yo get it and recover or you die from it , secondly 1 dose of vaccine should be ok , but 2 doses about 3 months apart gives you full protection , chance are you can get it at 750,000 to 1 with side affects or 6,000 to 1 with no vaccine , all vaccines can be fatal even for rabies .

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  • Anonymous
    15 hours ago

    Physicians and scientists do the scientific research, not the news media.  Get the vaccine (if you qualify), wear a mask (double masking is better), stay out of restaurants and bars and don't travel.  I am a physician, Republican, mask wearer and I got vaccinated.  BTW, the Pfizer vaccine gives protection (including against some variants) for at least 6 months possibly longer.  Bubonic plague (Black Death pandemic) occurred before Louis Pasteur's microbial theory of disease meaning that ppl in the medieval days did not know that germs caused disease and at that time, there were no antibiotic drugs against Yersinia Pestis.  

  • Anonymous
    23 hours ago

    Nope.

    EVERY virologist knows that when ANY virus mutates, it gets WEAKER.

    If you pay attention, the media switched from talking about DEATHS to talking about number of INFECTIONS.

    This is because deaths are now rare.

    The virus has mutated to a WEAKER strain as ALL viruses have done for thousands of years.

    This latest strain is more "infectious" but MUCH less deadly so the media only quotes the number of "infections" to induce panic for their agenda.

    The common cold is the most "infectious" disease on the planet yet NOBODY dies from it.

    Getting "infected" means NOTHING

    It doesn't mean you will get sick or even know you are infected and it CERTAINLY doesn't mean you will die.

  • Anonymous
    1 day ago

    Either you're a troll or your dad is an idiot. 

    Vaccines last for years. You can look at any other vaccines you've had in your life for proof. On top of the that the mRna vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna) are a new technology and can essentially last indefinitely. 

    "...virus just keeps mutating" I've been saying that was the main concern for over a year now however the vaccines keep holding up. As immunity grows the mutations will decrease. 

  • 1 day ago

    If your dad specializes in infectious diseases, he will know that there was no vaccine for Black Death.  He would also not have such an extreme view of the mutability of SARS viruses.  

    If your dad specialized in history, he would know that the Black Death was followed by incredible social progress and the rise of labor guilds, industry, and finally full-blown capitalism.  

    Check back in 10 years and see how things are going.

  • 2 days ago

    You didn't hear that from your dad. You heard that from your dog who you think is able to have a conversation with you just like the Son of Sam.

  • 2 days ago

    Yes he's right okay . Tc 

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