The Importance of Partial Vaccination in the Antelope

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Partial selection pressure is the thing that will be most likely to induce evolution of speed in the antelope. The crucial thing here is partial so if you partially vacinate the population, for example, in south africa,. and they have a lot of immuna compromise individuals. This es like a fox in the chicken coop. We welet you u together. You get a really good net flix video. Yes, yo, kill lion. this es like a Fox in the Chicken Coop. It's ok? But the point is that from this little toy example, that we realize that Partial Selection Pressure is the Thing That Will Be Most Likely To Induce Evolution Of Speed In

Sam Harris speaks with Nicholas Christakis about the lessons of the COVID pandemic. They discuss our failures to coordinate an effective response, the politics surrounding vaccination, vaccine efficacy, vaccine safety, how to think about scientific controversies, the epidemiology of excess deaths, transmission among the vaccinated, natural immunity, selection pressures and new variants, the failure of institutions, the lab-leak hypothesis, the efficacy of lockdowns, vaccine mandates, boosters, what would happen in a worse pandemic, and other topics.

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