Too late, it became endemic last year. "An analysis of more than 50,000 real-life SARS-CoV-2 genomes isolated from patient samples further showed that most of these virus mutations were already circulating, albeit at very low levels in the infected human populations. These results show that SARS-CoV-2 can mutate its spike proteins to evade antibodies, and that these mutations are already present in some virus mutants circulating in the human population." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33112236/ That's 50,000 variants, since October 2020. There are likely to be a lot more by now.
It doesn't matter if you're vaccinated or not, if you don't have natural T-cell immunity, you're not going to be immune to new variants. The vaccines all focus on the spike protein, and there are - as of three months ago - over 1400 variants in the US alone which can evade the vaccines. What the vaccines do is filter out the variants for which they're made, so if you get infected with a soup of alpha, wild type, and delta variants as the major components, plus hundreds of other mutations as minor components, the vaccines will filter out the alpha and wild type viruses, and leave the Delta and the rest alone - and *those* will reproduce. The dominant strain will then, by natural selection, be the Delta strain, accompanied by the rest, and those will be spread to others. So let's say we get a Delta booster shot. That filters out the Delta variant, and leaves the rest, including (say) the Lambda variant alone to reproduce, and be spread. So we get a Lambda booster shot, and that takes care of the Lambda, but the Epsilon variant isn't touched, so we need another booster. And this could continue on for 20 years, until the variant names fill the page. On the other hand, natural immunity rules - Emory University School of Medicine: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8253687/
Another thing: betacoronaviruses infect animal reservoirs, where mutation is common. This includes house cats and dogs, as well as other mammalian wildlife. So to get complete control, you'd have to vaccinate every cat that comes into contact with humans, including strays and feral cats. Good luck with that. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/4/20-3945_article
The health issue is that Covid results in severe symptoms that will see a number of people hospitalised, in ICU, or dead. Vaccines reduce the likelihood of infection, and if infected, reduce the incidence of severe symptoms. This is the point of vaccines, as well as helping slow the spread of disease. Basic public health measures (masks, distancing, sanitation practices) are likely to be more effective to slow spread, though best is both.
Mutation happens naturally, and the more people with Covid, the more mutation occurs. At the moment, with large populations of unvaccinated, there is likely to be a lot more people in those populations getting Covid, so that will be the source of most mutations. Vaccines do not cause mutation. As you say, there are tens of thousands of mutations. It is what allows people to determine where a virus comes from. Most of the mutations are insignificant. Only a few are "variants of interest" or "variants of concern". That's why we can say a virus is Delta, but with minor variations that say it came from the UK vs the US west coast. The named ones, the "variants of concern" are the ones that may become dominant.
At the moment, contagiousness is the main determinant of viral dominance. That's why Delta is the main viral strain found everywhere. As most of the world develops antibodies (through vaccine or surviving infection), ability to evade immune reaction will become more important in making a strain dominant. This is the case whether the immune response is from vaccine or infection. Exposure to the virus is more likely to create a robust immune response. But vaccinated people will also be exposed, as the virus spreads. This will result in increased immune response.
Ultimately, there will be shifts in our antibodies, as the virus changes. Vaccines will become less effective, and new vaccine variations will be needed, as with flu virus. But the point of vaccines will be to reduce symptoms, as with rotovirus. This will mean hospitals are not overwhelmed, and potentially, that there will be few people (not no people) becoming seriously ill or dying of Covid.
Covid is not endemic in Australia yet, though it may be endemic in NSW and possibly Victoria. Other states have few cases of community transmission, and Tasmania has none. Overall, Australia has not had much Covid until recently, and it's been possible to eliminate incursions before it spread far.
Too late, it became endemic last year. "An analysis of more than 50,000 real-life SARS-CoV-2 genomes isolated from patient samples further showed that most of these virus mutations were already circulating, albeit at very low levels in the infected human populations. These results show that SARS-CoV-2 can mutate its spike proteins to evade antibodies, and that these mutations are already present in some virus mutants circulating in the human population." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33112236/ That's 50,000 variants, since October 2020. There are likely to be a lot more by now.
It doesn't matter if you're vaccinated or not, if you don't have natural T-cell immunity, you're not going to be immune to new variants. The vaccines all focus on the spike protein, and there are - as of three months ago - over 1400 variants in the US alone which can evade the vaccines. What the vaccines do is filter out the variants for which they're made, so if you get infected with a soup of alpha, wild type, and delta variants as the major components, plus hundreds of other mutations as minor components, the vaccines will filter out the alpha and wild type viruses, and leave the Delta and the rest alone - and *those* will reproduce. The dominant strain will then, by natural selection, be the Delta strain, accompanied by the rest, and those will be spread to others. So let's say we get a Delta booster shot. That filters out the Delta variant, and leaves the rest, including (say) the Lambda variant alone to reproduce, and be spread. So we get a Lambda booster shot, and that takes care of the Lambda, but the Epsilon variant isn't touched, so we need another booster. And this could continue on for 20 years, until the variant names fill the page. On the other hand, natural immunity rules - Emory University School of Medicine: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8253687/
Another thing: betacoronaviruses infect animal reservoirs, where mutation is common. This includes house cats and dogs, as well as other mammalian wildlife. So to get complete control, you'd have to vaccinate every cat that comes into contact with humans, including strays and feral cats. Good luck with that. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/4/20-3945_article
You probably know this, so this is for others.
The health issue is that Covid results in severe symptoms that will see a number of people hospitalised, in ICU, or dead. Vaccines reduce the likelihood of infection, and if infected, reduce the incidence of severe symptoms. This is the point of vaccines, as well as helping slow the spread of disease. Basic public health measures (masks, distancing, sanitation practices) are likely to be more effective to slow spread, though best is both.
Mutation happens naturally, and the more people with Covid, the more mutation occurs. At the moment, with large populations of unvaccinated, there is likely to be a lot more people in those populations getting Covid, so that will be the source of most mutations. Vaccines do not cause mutation. As you say, there are tens of thousands of mutations. It is what allows people to determine where a virus comes from. Most of the mutations are insignificant. Only a few are "variants of interest" or "variants of concern". That's why we can say a virus is Delta, but with minor variations that say it came from the UK vs the US west coast. The named ones, the "variants of concern" are the ones that may become dominant.
At the moment, contagiousness is the main determinant of viral dominance. That's why Delta is the main viral strain found everywhere. As most of the world develops antibodies (through vaccine or surviving infection), ability to evade immune reaction will become more important in making a strain dominant. This is the case whether the immune response is from vaccine or infection. Exposure to the virus is more likely to create a robust immune response. But vaccinated people will also be exposed, as the virus spreads. This will result in increased immune response.
Ultimately, there will be shifts in our antibodies, as the virus changes. Vaccines will become less effective, and new vaccine variations will be needed, as with flu virus. But the point of vaccines will be to reduce symptoms, as with rotovirus. This will mean hospitals are not overwhelmed, and potentially, that there will be few people (not no people) becoming seriously ill or dying of Covid.
You spew a lot of what the MSM is dishing out. You must not have talked to any medical professionals who have been silenced. You might try doing so.
It’s not a vaccine, better make that clear first and foremost. It’s gene therapy gone wrong but doing everything ‘they’ could ask for…
Covid is not endemic in Australia yet, though it may be endemic in NSW and possibly Victoria. Other states have few cases of community transmission, and Tasmania has none. Overall, Australia has not had much Covid until recently, and it's been possible to eliminate incursions before it spread far.