• Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    I recognize nobody necessarily argues it, but, I believe its not acknowledged nearly enough, if at all most of the time. They’ve already said the first batch will have waned in effectiveness. They haven’t mandated new shots, but based on your logic, shouldn’t we be legally required to get it and the flu vax every year? Now, assuming we start getting a new shot every year, higher likelihood negative side effects exist, right?

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      11 hours ago

      That would be good, yes. A more relaxed approach to vaccination has caused plethora of public health problems.

      Side effects tend to get less likely when we get more experience working with vaccines of a certain type. Modern coronavirus vaccines are better and safer than the first ones already, and flu ones have been around for so long that making a new vaccine very safe is no issue.

      Meanwhile, side effects caused by repeated exposure to the disease may compound very badly.