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Initech

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2. We probably won't know for a while.

Reply to wcmagumba (Original post)

Wed Jan 27, 2021, 10:32 PM

Jan 2021

But my brother (who is a medical doctor) said that things are seeming to point in that direction, though it looks like the new vaccines will work on the new variants that have emerged including the British, Brazillian and South African mutations.

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Will the covid vaccination require a yearly injection, like the flu shots? [View all] wcmagumba Jan 2021 OP

I've been wondering that too. My feeling is it's not yet known. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2021 #1

We probably won't know for a while. Initech Jan 2021 #2

My wife is a Physician Assistant...... pdxflyboy Jan 2021 #3

Thanks, pdxflyboy. smirkymonkey Jan 2021 #7

From DU's own NNADIR dweller Jan 2021 #4

The Chairmen of Moderna said that we are stuck with SARS-COV-2 forever, Blue_true Jan 2021 #5

I've heard lots of experts say it could be like the flu. The good news is the mRNA applegrove Jan 2021 #6

Thanks everyone for the informative responses... wcmagumba Jan 2021 #8

It is mutating. I would think so until at some point until we can Vivienne235729 Jan 2021 #9

There's no definitive answer to that question yet. BannonsLiver Jan 2021 #10