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Yeah, and badge thinks it's just because 3 or 4 extra people got the shot this year, rather than the widespread shutdown of mass gatherings, mask-mandates, social distancing, and all that other jazz.

I thought it was that our immune systems were just too crowded with getting COVID 2-3 times each ;-) 

It's complicated for sure. Lots of people did get shots this season. It's possible this season's variant is not as severe as normal, and yes, it is possible that those of us who have had CV are also immune to flu symptoms.

This could also be a major part of it. Those who are most susceptible to flu death were killed by CV.

Don't think so... Maybe immune to coronavirus variants of the common cold, but I don't know of any mechanism that would make someone who had COVID immune to influenza, which is a completely different family of viruses. 

I thought it was that our immune systems were just too crowded with getting COVID 2-3 times each ;-)

It's times like these when I wish this site had other reaction buttons, besides the Thumbs Up.   'Cause I definitely woulda given this one the old: 

I just noticed that at the recent peak, the positivity rate in Georgia was 20%.  Yup, twenty.  One in five people tested were positive.

Ouch.

the population of those being tested is folks having symptoms so its not as bad as it sounds

So says the guy who said we'd never have a vaccine.

I said we'd never have an effective vaccine.

And we still have no idea if we will, or not.  We won't know for another year or so.

I was including in that expectation, the potential for mutated strains that the vaccine is not effective at countering. 

Only time will tell but we certainly have no data to show we're there yet.

If producing a vaccine that quickly was something we can just routinely do, then why don't we do it all the time?

You're not buying the fact that the vaccines have been determined to be 95% effective?

Well, no, I'm not.  They were under trial conditions.  Are they in the field?  We don't know.

Beyond that, are they as effective against the mutated strains?  Some early signs are positive, but we don't know, and won't know, for a while.

Beyond that, even if they're effective against the current mutated strains, are they effective against the next set of mutated strains?  We certainly don't know that, and we won't know that, for months/years.

So yeah, it's kinda like trying to go for the victory dunk with 3 minutes gone in the first period.