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If I were in your shoes, the main thing I'd look into is not hospitalized/death, but "long covid". Huge quality of life impact, way less understood. Estimates
by BoiledCabbage 5y ago
If I were in your shoes, the main thing I'd look into is not hospitalized/death, but "long covid".
Huge quality of life impact, way less understood. Estimates range from 6%-20%+ of people who get covid are still having symptoms 2 months or longer post infection. People who have symptoms two months after infection usually still are having side-effects one year later. Neurological, blood or organ impacts, but all very different and still not well understood.
So I both don't want to seem like I'm hyping it up either because again a lot is unknown it might not be a serious issue / concern.
The main point I'd say is if you're going to make a judgement based on risk make sure you're evaluating the situation completely. And for anyone looking at covid risks, they shouldn't be focused on solely death, but understand long covid as well. Current speculative thinking essentially believes it parallels either triggering auto-immune type issues, or dormant/re-emergent viruses (like chicken pox / shingles type of behavior).
A not very good article on it, but don't have time to find a better one:
https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/619941/ https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/619941/
- NalNezumi 5y agoThanks for the informative reply. Yes, I think my demographic group are way more concerned about the side effects/long term effects of vaccine/covid than hospitalizations or death. And covid is not "risk free" after a influenza like symptoms for weeks. I know same age group friends that have had covid and "loss of taste" have been the most common experience I've heard. It's anecdotal, but also a good data point to me since I know these people's lifestyle / demographic a bit better than sweeping big stats. I'll check out the link you gave regarding this specific topic about covid long term effects and compare it to what we know about the vaccine