• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    I know you’re pretending that’s the only cause of pneumonia, but you’re wrong. You are listing a common cause of the symptom, far from the only cause.

    Pneumonia is inflammation and fluid in your lungs caused by a bacterial, viral or fungal infection. It makes it difficult to breathe and can cause a fever and cough with yellow, green or bloody mucus. The flu, COVID-19 and pneumococcal disease are common causes of pneumonia. Treatment depends on the cause and severity of pneumonia.

    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/4471-pneumonia

    Let me guess, you know better than they do.

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      5 hours ago

      Jesus fucking christ.

      Just admit you were wrong about not being able to vaccinate against bacterial diseases.

      Pneumonococcal vaccine vacinates against a bacteria responsible for the vast majority of pneumonia cases. Hence, it’s name.

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        Sure, as soon as you admit you were wrong about pneumonia. Then we can both admit wrongess. But I doubt you will somehow.

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          5 hours ago

          Yes, I failed to acknowledge that pneumonia, in a minority of cases, is caused by a virus.

          Now, let’s hear ypu say “My bad, didn’t realize we could vaccinate against bacterial now! Super cool!”

          Because, being honest, this sub-thread is now debating if we can vaccinate against bacteria, which you claimed we cannot.