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   Dr. Lucky Tran :verified: (luckytran@med-mastodon.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 04:24:40 JST Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

   Universal masking and social distancing at the start of the pandemic were so effective that they eliminated a strain of flu, and now annual flu vaccines have been redesigned because that strain no longer needs to be included in the shot. Amazing.

   Story: https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/10/17/nx-s1-5155104/flu-shot-vaccine-b-yamagata-extinct

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 11:49:10 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

     @luckytran @blogdiva

     There’s even an xkcd! (Almost, cold not flu, but still)

     https://xkcd.com/2306/

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     John (johnzajac@dice.camp)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 15:20:50 JST John

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     @luckytran

     That's the wildest part of all the precautions some take against developing COVID: if they're effective against SARS2, they're going to be doubly, triply effective against other airborne diseases, because of the difference in infectiousness.

     We really could eliminate airborne disease entirely with minor infrastructure updates and some crackerjack surveillance. Nowhere near the capital cost of, say, lifting Chicago 6 ft.