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posted ago by Insignificant ago by Insignificant +24 / -0

While I'm not interested in how long a vaccine provides immunity, I found a few interesting lines from this article. Thoughts?

"The results of yet-to-be published research should be treated with caution, as primary outcomes may differ from those in final publication."

"Hundreds of researchers and public health leaders, and I (Dr. Richard Stone, VA's acting under secretary for health) am one of those … believe this is an endemic disease just like influenza."

"We're working feverishly to get to where we need to be, because we want to get the vaccines in people's arms as fast as we can."

"...the biggest challenge for VA regarding vaccine distribution is in rural areas where vaccine hesitancy is more prevalent."

"While we are very happy to see [an] uptick among our veterans of color -- in fact, we are seeing less hesitancy among Black veterans than we feared we might see -- we have work to do on rural and highly rural veterans..."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/03/26/groundbreaking-va-study-shows-how-long-covid-19-vaccine-immunity-may-last.html