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I think you should plan on getting it at some point. That’s what endemic means and that’s where we are. You’re just prolonging the inevitable.

ceejayoz 5y ago
"Prolonging the inevitable" still has a benefit for hospital capacity. If every uninfected person went and got it tomorrow, it wouldn't be pretty. I'm still wearing my KN95 to busy indoor places in part because it's been nice not getting colds/flus for the last two years, too.
- ed25519FUUU 5y ago
  I can still remember my boss telling people with a cold to take a DayQuil and power through their workday. I really hope that mentality never comes back.
  - ok123456 5y ago
    It never went away if you were a non-exempt employee.
tgv 5y ago
That would not have been a particularly good advice in times of polio.
- listless 5y ago
  Good thing this isn’t at all Polio.
- ed25519FUUU 5y ago
  People probably fear being paralyzed more than they fear death.
  - jjk166 5y ago
    Neither are particularly desirable.
zzzeek 5y ago
before delta hit the US and the pfizer vaccine granted 95% protection from infection against the dominant strain in the US at that time, that was a place I was comfortable with. There will be more boosters tailored towards whatever variants have come down the pike and at the point where the risk becomes tolerable, then sure of course some form of covid will be inevitable but it would be mostly indistinguishable from any other minor flu. that is, no chance of requiring a lung transplant post-recovery. covid is not there yet, the current variants and inadequate vaccine protection still leave the chance of permanent and severe lung damage too high for me to "plan" on getting it. to be clear, one component of minor vs. major covid is how large of a viral load someone is initially exposed towards. I'm fairly certain if I take a deep breath near an infected person, the N95 should reduce the load I'm exposed towards, hopefully significantly.

ceejayoz 5y ago

"Prolonging the inevitable" still has a benefit for hospital capacity. If every uninfected person went and got it tomorrow, it wouldn't be pretty. I'm still wearing my KN95 to busy indoor places in part because it's been nice not getting colds/flus for the last two years, too.

ed25519FUUU 5y ago
I can still remember my boss telling people with a cold to take a DayQuil and power through their workday. I really hope that mentality never comes back.
- ok123456 5y ago
  It never went away if you were a non-exempt employee.

tgv 5y ago

That would not have been a particularly good advice in times of polio.

listless 5y ago
Good thing this isn’t at all Polio.
ed25519FUUU 5y ago
People probably fear being paralyzed more than they fear death.
- jjk166 5y ago
  Neither are particularly desirable.

zzzeek 5y ago

before delta hit the US and the pfizer vaccine granted 95% protection from infection against the dominant strain in the US at that time, that was a place I was comfortable with. There will be more boosters tailored towards whatever variants have come down the pike and at the point where the risk becomes tolerable, then sure of course some form of covid will be inevitable but it would be mostly indistinguishable from any other minor flu. that is, no chance of requiring a lung transplant post-recovery. covid is not there yet, the current variants and inadequate vaccine protection still leave the chance of permanent and severe lung damage too high for me to "plan" on getting it. to be clear, one component of minor vs. major covid is how large of a viral load someone is initially exposed towards. I'm fairly certain if I take a deep breath near an infected person, the N95 should reduce the load I'm exposed towards, hopefully significantly.