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The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out

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Re: The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out

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Post by meowface »

mrkramer wrote: post #5

Another reason I personally would not like to get vaccinated. Nature and evolution solve all problems sooner or later.

>However, Covid would be able to cause an infection again once the cold had passed and the immune response calmed down.

>Dr Murcia said: "Vaccination, plus hygiene measures, plus the interactions between viruses could lower the incidence of Sars-CoV-2 heavily, but the maximum effect will come from vaccination."

Vaccines are an end product of nature and evolution, too, and are much more reliable than hoping you always happen to get infected with rhinovirus near the same time you're exposed to SARS-CoV-2.

Re: The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out

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Post by hprotagonist »

mrkramer wrote: post #10
hef19898 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "later" part is the problem so.

I mean it is natural selection if I'm weak I will die if I'm not I will pass my genes to my kids. That's how we evolved to the level of biological machine that human body is.

and now we’re evolved enough to have brains capable of giving us a competitive advantage against diseases!

unless you think that brains somehow aren’t part of our biological machine.

Re: The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out

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Post by mrkramer »

grumpwagon wrote: post #8
mrkramer wrote: post #5

Another reason I personally would not like to get vaccinated. Nature and evolution solve all problems sooner or later.

Please get vaccinated, it's good for society and yourself.

I will if government requires it but it was not my free will.

Re: The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out

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Post by meowface »

mrkramer wrote: post #10
hef19898 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "later" part is the problem so.

I mean it is natural selection if I'm weak I will die if I'm not I will pass my genes to my kids. That's how we evolved to the level of biological machine that human body is.

But if you're not "weak", you could inadvertently spread it to someone who is "weak", and they could spread it to many other "weak" people, and then they all die and don't pass on their genes. It's true that this is a form of eugenics and natural selection, but it's not the kind that's compatible with the values of most humans.

Re: The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out

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Post by sobriquet9 »

mrkramer wrote: post #10
hef19898 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "later" part is the problem so.

I mean it is natural selection if I'm weak I will die if I'm not I will pass my genes to my kids. That's how we evolved to the level of biological machine that human body is.

You augment your memory with Google searches and your running speed with cars, why not augment your natural immune system with vaccines.

Re: The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out

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Post by SketchySeaBeast »

mrkramer wrote: post #14
grumpwagon wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please get vaccinated, it's good for society and yourself.

I will if government requires it but it was not my free will.

That would still be your free will. You'd still be presented with a choice:

A) Don't do the thing you don't want to (Vaccination)

- or -

B) Don't do the thing that having a vaccination would let you do.

That's still freedom of choice - you're free to decide what you want more. Having constraints on you isn't removing your free will.

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