Many are under the misconception that the vaccine is a home-free card when it's not! Sure, getting the vaccine MAY help prevent catching the virus, but more likely it means that if you do catch the virus, your symptoms will be less severe with the vaccine on board. Face it, coronavirus is here to stay. It's not curable. We may well need a yearly booster shot, just like a yearly flu shot to manage it, and like the flu, it will mutate into different strains. The reason it's been so bad this past year is the human body hasn't seen the likes of this virus before and it takes time for the body to recognize it, just like different strains of the flu. Not minimizing the danger of this virus, by any means. It's just too new and we don't know enough about it to deal with it. As a country, we were ill-prepared for something like this. It normally takes years of testing and trials to safely get a vaccine that will do what is intended with minimal side effects. The government has instilled fear in all of us over this virus and now those most vulnerable are in a panic and desperate to get a vaccine that MAY (or may not) help solve the problem.
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