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Pobeka

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3. yes.

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Wed Jun 9, 2021, 02:17 PM

Jun 2021

We won't even be able to rid the USA of covid (see anti-vax).

As long as the virus has hosts it will mutate.

There is also some new reporting that the virus can cross species (I don't have a link as I was driving when I heard it on NPR).

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Will we need an annual Covid vaccine, the way we do with the flu one? [View all] question everything Jun 2021 OP

I expect to be getting a booster and don't have a problem with it. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #1

Thanks. Will have to schedule one and, hope that there is enough supply question everything Jun 2021 #5

It's likely. berni_mccoy Jun 2021 #2

yes. Pobeka Jun 2021 #3

Hard to say. Some viruses (like the 1918 flu) sort of vanish soothsayer Jun 2021 #4

There is NO recommendation YET and recent data on persistent T-cell immunity above & beyond hlthe2b Jun 2021 #6

YES Xoan Jun 2021 #7

No one knows LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2021 #8