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Ah, now I see what you mean. That is worrying. I hope that the rate of mild cases in vaccinated people is lower than the article would lead one to believe. I al
by eloff 5y ago
Ah, now I see what you mean. That is worrying. I hope that the rate of mild cases in vaccinated people is lower than the article would lead one to believe. I also hope the protection given is enough to avoid that kind of brain damage.
- gibba999 5y agoI hope so too. Extrapolating from studies I've seen, I'm not optimistic. I think it's 50/50. My impressions (and I do want to emphasize limited evidence here): - The vaccine doesn't provide sterilizing immunity -- you catch mild COVID, and then your body fights it off quickly. - It does well for stopping original COVID fast, but newer mutations get pretty far before the vaccine stops them. - The olfactory symptoms are neurological, and the phase when brain damage happens. We'll see in a few months.
- eloff 5y agoAll I can say is I hope you're wrong on some of those points. It's inevitable that myself and my family will be exposed to covid19 at some point in the future. I think the same is true for most of us.
- gibba999 5y agoAll I can say is that humanity, outside of Asia, has consistently had "all I can say" responses. It's a preventable slow-motion train wreck. I could be wrong, but there's no reason to believe delta and gamma are the last mutations we'll see. COVID was astronomically cheaper to exterminate pre-mutation, and astronomically cheaper before it spread. At each point, people wished things weren't that bad, only they turned out to be worse.