MP> The polio and smallpox vaxes were effective enough that they pretty much
 MP> stamped out the diseases in question (well, until people quit taking
 MP> them, and until we started letting these diseases back into the country
 MP> again).

That's what I'd call a vaccine.

 MP> OTOH, other vaxes are not quite that effective but do the job for most
 MP> people.

I use N95s indoors (except for at home.) I've been doing this for the past 5 years and it's been 99% successful. To me, there's no better vaccine than the N95 mask.

 MP> IMHO, the COVID vax has not reached that latter rung yet.  If you travel
 MP> somewhere that has a different strain going around, for example, you are
 MP> not likely protected.

That sounds true. I'm sure that the deadliest covid strains are still out there somewhere, or at least the blueprints to make them are.

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