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this data arguably shows that the choice really is between vaccination (+possibly weak infection) and infection. We can't hide from the virus. This doesn't mea
by Tarsul 5y ago
this data arguably shows that the choice really is between vaccination (+possibly weak infection) and infection. We can't hide from the virus.
This doesn't mean that the only choice is opening up everything, but eventually... yes. Concious governments should first try to get more people vaccinated. Long covid is too frequent, otherwise. (400k have it in UK, see: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/01/almost-400000-have-had-long-covid-symptoms-year/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/01/almost-400000-ha... )
- logifail 5y ago> Long covid is too frequent, otherwise. Q: Is there something about this that we need to worry about particularly? I ask in the context of having had the Epstein-Barr virus in my late 30s and having been essentially knocked completely flat by it for the best part of a month, and not having recovered to full fitness for several months more. When I was a child, my Dad had shingles (apparently for the first time) in his late 40s, he was really quite poorly, that also took him months to get over. Endemic viruses already do this stuff, if you've even had a proper dose of seasonal flu you'll know what I'm taking about. Is there a reason (and non-anecdotal data...) to specifically worry about the long-term effects of C19 _more_ than all the other endemic viruses?