Who are "they"? The vaccinations are officially called the seasonal influenza vaccines in the government of Canada website, and the CDC website.
Its poor wording on my part. Apologies. What I wanted to convey was that the ‘flu shot’
should not properly be called a vaccine. A vaccine conveys lasting immunity on the recipient. In other words if you get the vaccine you don’t get the illness. For some proven vaccines a booster shot may be recommended over long term intervals like ten years or more. The ‘flu shot’ is none of that. It
may work if the strain that shows up that year is the ‘right’ one. Usually more than one strain appears. Many people who take the ‘flu shot’ still fall ill. The shot
may mitigate the seriousness or duration of their symptoms. Or not. That’s not a vaccine.
There are already suggestions that various strains of covid are circulating. However scientists cannot agree. Will the same one come again next year? Will it be even more potent? Will it fade away naturally to be replaced by something else?
COVID-19: How many strains of the new coronavirus are there?
The flu vaccines are hit and miss because of the guess work involved in determining which specific strain of influenza will be circulating in each particular year. Since there will be a specific virus being targeted this time around, the efficacy of this vaccination should be more reasonable. With that being said, there are of course concerns already about the length of immunity provided by the COVID-19 vaccinations, as well as the length of time required to produce a safe, effective vaccine.
The fastest vaccine was produced for mumps in 1967, and that took more than 4 years. With technological advancements and the collaborative effort going on with the COVID-19 vaccination research and development, I don't see why we can't have an effective virus within the next few years.
I mostly agree with the sentiment behind this, and it’s a reasonable take. However, as you say immunity appears to be uncertain. Would a ‘vaccine’ then convey immunity? If not what good is it? How do we know that covid doesn’t mutate into something different in the extremely optimistic two year time window you set? Look, they haven’t even got testing right yet. I think that makes them a long way from a real vaccine. I obviously wish the medical community luck, but I’m definitely not going to be holding my breath waiting for a ‘vaccine’. Nor will I be lining up to take it when they do eventually roll it out.
Not how it works. Yearly flu vaccine is always good for the strains chosen.
No it isn’t.
