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EdmondDantes_

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6. That's not how that works
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 09:06 PM
Jul 16

It will take a lot longer than a few months for there to be few enough people vaccinated to cause millions to die. Unless there is a new virus that we have no immunity to. Covid took 2 years to kill a million Americans.

Those who are vaccinated against things aren't suddenly going to not be vaccinated. Sure with the law requiring insurance companies to cover certain vaccines, some might charge or not cover some vaccines, but insurance companies use actuarial tables and the data is clear that vaccines save money by preventing disease.

There's never been a virus that killed a million Americans in a season. Even with covid, before there were vaccines and when there were spikes, people changed their behavior. Even in red states this held true although to a lesser extent. Hyperbole isn't a particularly useful thing.

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