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You asserted that there was no benefit to getting the vaccine for previously infected. I pointed you to a reference that shows that that is not true. The orig
by dev_tty01 5y ago
You asserted that there was no benefit to getting the vaccine for previously infected. I pointed you to a reference that shows that that is not true. The original article to which we are all responding pointed out the minuscule levels of risk associated with getting the vaccine.
With respect to autoimmune disease, I think we are seeing that long covid is becoming a significant health concern among even healthy young people with only a mild response to Covid infection. Here is an example article:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-vaccines-do-their-work-focus-moves-to-long-covid-11627038001 https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-vaccines-do-their-work-focus...
Relevant quote: "Long Covid—a term referring to symptoms that linger for weeks or months beyond infection—affects between 10% and 30% of people who catch the virus, including those with mild or asymptomatic infections, according to experts. In some cases, symptoms persist for more than a year."
At any rate, I imagine none of this will persuade you, so I simply wish you good luck and hope you remain healthy. My strongest hope is that things can improve enough that we can all go back to arguing about linux user interface schemes.
- mdorazio 5y agoI would like to point out that long-term effects are a possible outcome in many types of flu, not just covid ex. [1][2]. Given the combination of relatively short timeframe for covid studies, the unknown complications of living in lockdowns, and the general "don't care" attitude toward these effects in previous flus, the whole "Long Covid" story at least seems rather overblown. [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-17497-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-17497-6 [2] https://www.labmate-online.com/news/chromatography/1/breaking-news/does-the-flu-have-a-lasting-effect/45569 https://www.labmate-online.com/news/chromatography/1/breakin...
- dev_tty01 5y agoAs someone who is close to a person who suffers from an infection triggered autoimmune condition that has led to severe and long term neurological effects, I would agree that conditions similar to long covid have been occurring for quite a while. However, just because they have been ignored does not mean they aren't real and that the issue is "overblown." While I take no joy from the suffering of others, having more attention being paid to this very real and at times devastating condition is one of the few upsides of the virus.