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Personally, I expect we -- or at least the wealthier western world -- are going to treat this in the same way we treat the flu via annual vaccinations. The virus is already out in the wild (and finding hosts in wildlife as well). It will never be eradicated, and until we can vaccinate well over 80% of the world's population (if not higher, and we know that even a 70% per country vaccination rate is down right impossible), the virus will continue to mutate, and those new variants will come back to bite us (just like how Omicron is sort of doing now).

Now, that is just how we are going to cope with COVID. Currently and in the foreseeable future, we know COVID is significantly more virulent than the flu.

And so I am going to ask White Rocket and Hondaracer as well -- do you have any concerns with our annual flu vaccinations? Are you worried about those from a health's standpoint?

The the world continues to do an ever increasing number of COVID vaccinations, we know how these vaccines are doing from a health and safety point of view. AZ and JJ has a very low chance of blood clotting issues. Pfizer and Moderna has a very low chance of heart inflammation issues if it is administered incorrectly. Overall, our public health experts' view is -- the risks of these vaccines still far outweight the risks of not getting vaccinated.

A lot of people don't bother with getting their annual flu shots. Part of the reason is because they view the flu as something that isn't too deadly. Now with COVID being a lot more virulent than the flu with far more serious consequences in those severe cases, how would people in the world react? I'm willing to bet that a lot of people who don't bother with getting flu shots are going to get their annual COVID shots.