
Anthony Fauci on COVID-19, scientific communication, and the future
The Lancet Voice
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A Seasonal Respiratory Virus That Can Kill So Many People
A virus that can kill so many people and that can spread throughout the community where many, many people don't even know they're infected. The assumption that one always says the best form of protection is to get infected because infection in due to the disease gives you almost lifelong protection. When we see an infection that not only changes with new variants, but even within the same variant, your immunity wanes over months. And that's something that for most, not all, but for most infectious diseases is a completely different paradigm than what we faced previously.
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