Highly recommend reading Stealth War if you want to understand China. I have a better understanding of China, and much less understanding for weird US posture as a result.
> Covid is not a highly virulent pathogen. Virulence means severity
You're right, but that does not preclude the current mRNA based vaccines from being undermined by viral evolution driven by mass vaccination.
In general a leaky vaccine is one that keeps the host alive without necessarily stopping further infection and transmission. These conditions contribute to an environment that can allow the virus to accumulate mutations which eventually lead to immune escape [1][2].
Because the current mRNA vaccines induce an immune response highly targeted toward the spike protein RBD, there is concern that mass vaccination may create tremendous selective pressure which further enhances the fitness of the virus [3]. It's difficult to predict if such selective pressure will lead to enhanced virulence or infectiousness, but so far many variants of concern have mutations impacting the spike protein RBD. These mutations result in partial immune escape and manifest as increased infectiousness, reduced vaccine efficiency, and also reduced immunity in naturally infected individuals [4][5].
I have a model Y 7 seater, it's actually not bad in the third row. Kids totally fine, small adults for short trips. Over six feet would hit the roof though.
