31-01-2021, 11:49 AM
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Re: Covid-19 Vaccinations
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Do you think it will ever return to normal Bruce, especially in our lifetime.We have seen what can happen when a virus runs wild, and already there are new mutations occurring, fortunately we are told that the present vaccines will still provide protection against these new strains, but how long before the vaccines don't work anymore. The spread of viruses and damage to the economy is just one of unpleasant side effects of being 'Global'...
We know this from the 1918 pandemic, apparently that took about 5 years before things returned to a semblance of normal and it was the seasonal "flu" until 1958 when Asian flu took over..
31-01-2021, 12:00 PM
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Re: Covid-19 Vaccinations
Originally Posted by Bruce
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No I don't think it will return to exactly how it was before the pandemic but things will have to return over time and eventually Covid will become a seasonal illness that we all will cope with. We know this from the 1918 pandemic, apparently that took about 5 years before things returned to a semblance of normal and it was the seasonal "flu" until 1958 when Asian flu took over..
31-01-2021, 09:29 PM
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Re: Covid-19 Vaccinations
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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I think I read that the deaths caused by the spanish flu spurred scientists on to develop vaccines last century.
01-02-2021, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce
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Yes. Why?
Found this:-
Edward Jenner is considered the founder of vaccinology in the West in 1796, after he inoculated a 13 year-old-boy with vaccinia virus (cowpox), and demonstrated immunity to smallpox. In 1798, the first smallpox vaccine was developed.
01-02-2021, 11:46 AM
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Re: Covid-19 Vaccinations
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Just wondered Bruce....Found this:-
Edward Jenner is considered the founder of vaccinology in the West in 1796, after he inoculated a 13 year-old-boy with vaccinia virus (cowpox), and demonstrated immunity to smallpox. In 1798, the first smallpox vaccine was developed.
01-02-2021, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Bruce
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No I don't think it will return to exactly how it was before the pandemic but things will have to return over time and eventually Covid will become a seasonal illness that we all will cope with. We know this from the 1918 pandemic, apparently that took about 5 years before things returned to a semblance of normal and it was the seasonal "flu" until 1958 when Asian flu took over..
I don't recall all this disruption during the Asian flu?
or the Spanish flu either?
I put it down to media dramatisation ?
And the fact that modern western people have never experienced
hardships or danger on the scale that previous generations have ??
Donkeyman! 🤔🤔
01-02-2021, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Donkeyman
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Then why all this kerfuffle Brucy??I don't recall all this disruption during the Asian flu?
or the Spanish flu either?
I put it down to media dramatisation ?
And the fact that modern western people have never experienced
hardships or danger on the scale that previous generations have ??
Donkeyman! 🤔🤔
We've never had it so good, or bad, depending on your point of view....
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