"Andrew" wrote in message
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No **** Brian.

Actually No Pee, since a bad viral infection can knock
out your kidneys for a while.

On the radio I heard that a 108 year old woman who survived
Spanish Flu and WW2 had had the vaccination.

Surely this woman (who also survived the period before antibiotics) must
have a strong constitution and a very effective natural immune system,

Or good luck.

so why bother with a vaccine at her age ?.

Because this virus mostly kills the elderly,
very unpleasantly and she is in a care home
where she is much more likely to get infected
and her immune system isnt likely to be
anything like as good as it once was and
its clear that this vaccination helps a lot
if you do get infected

Vaccinate all the school kids first

Thats mad given that it isnt yet clear
if this vaccine does prevent infection.

and their teachers, then all front line workers, then 18-50 year olds in
work and leave the rest still last.

Even sillier than you usually manage and thats saying something.

On 18/12/2020 07:08, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Since it attacks cells to make copies of itself it is implicated in all
kinds of problems. It takes time for the cells to recover and indeed you
can
get post viral syndrome from many common colds if you are unlucky.
Brian