The COVAX project (USA has contributed) makes it possible for “other” nations to vaccinate their populations. The science is like this:
1: The Covid-19 virus is very likely to mutate.
2: The mutation takes place as the virus infects another human.
3: The successful (from the virus’s point of view) mutations make them more likely to infect more humans (more “immediately” deadly is probably a neutral change, from that POV)
4: So, larger pools of humans who are not immune are likely to cause more infectious mutations, some of which may also be more “immediately” deadly.
5: Nations whose population is immune to a relatively benign version of the virus may still be vulnerable to some other mutation.
6: The obvious way to reduce the size of the large pools in point 4, which will help avoid the problem in point 5 is to see to it that humans in every place on earth get vaccinated.
7: Because the virus transmits so easily, and mutates so easily, reducing those large pools is not just important, it’s urgent.
8: And that’s why COVAX makes sense to reality based thinkers. Isn’t it GREAT that the USA is now working from that playbook again‽‽
martens about 3 years ago
I wish this weren’t so close to the truth as it is.
Concretionist about 3 years ago
The COVAX project (USA has contributed) makes it possible for “other” nations to vaccinate their populations. The science is like this:
1: The Covid-19 virus is very likely to mutate.
2: The mutation takes place as the virus infects another human.
3: The successful (from the virus’s point of view) mutations make them more likely to infect more humans (more “immediately” deadly is probably a neutral change, from that POV)
4: So, larger pools of humans who are not immune are likely to cause more infectious mutations, some of which may also be more “immediately” deadly.
5: Nations whose population is immune to a relatively benign version of the virus may still be vulnerable to some other mutation.
6: The obvious way to reduce the size of the large pools in point 4, which will help avoid the problem in point 5 is to see to it that humans in every place on earth get vaccinated.
7: Because the virus transmits so easily, and mutates so easily, reducing those large pools is not just important, it’s urgent.
8: And that’s why COVAX makes sense to reality based thinkers. Isn’t it GREAT that the USA is now working from that playbook again‽‽
grumpypophobart about 3 years ago
Australia has hoarded (there’s no other word for it), enough vaccines to inoculate the nation three times over. Gotta love the capital system.
The Love of Money is . . . about 3 years ago
Irish NEED apply . . .