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> No. Covid reeinfects. There's only a short-lived immunity. So let's Omicron, or any other mild variant spread, we'll get reinfected regularly, thus developin

by 988747 5y ago

> No. Covid reeinfects. There's only a short-lived immunity. So let's Omicron, or any other mild variant spread, we'll get reinfected regularly, thus developing resistance to more malignant strains. That's how we beat flu, which, believe or not, was deadly in the past. Now we get millions of flu infections each year, but no one cares, because they are mild.

johnchristopher 5y ago
> we'll get reinfected regularly, thus developing resistance to more malignant strains. Clearly not how it works and not what's happening. We are not developing resistance to more malignant strains so far despite the virus and its variants spreading. Plus, mild symptoms when contagious are not indicators for long term covid damages on organs. Want to take the risk ? > That's how we beat flu, which, believe or not, was deadly in the past. We didn't beat flu. We still need vaccines every year. Believe it or not, it's still deadly. We have vaccines for Covid and it's still not enough to live like Covid is another flu. > Now we get millions of flu infections each year, but no one cares, because they are mild. Millions of covid infections. It's still not mild and way too soon to know if omicron is milder short term and milder long term. You are talking a distant hypothetical future. People were already saying that in january 2020. Didn't pan out. What's different now ? We got worse variants. It's time public voices stop comparing covid to flu. Covid is way more contagious than the flu. Flu patients in ICU don't need 7 or 8 nurses. It's a different beast and it hasn't yet taken every evolutionary paths it can take. Letting it rip through the population hoping it magically build a resistance ? Eugenics and wishful thinking. edit: > we'll get reinfected regularly, thus developing resistance to more malignant strains Omicron is telling us it doesn't care much about our previous wuhan/alpha/delta infections when we look at current numbers. Reinfections can send you to the ICU and then you toss a coin if you make it for one more year. How many times do you want to take that risk ? Once a year ? Are you in your thirties ? Then when your are ~45 and the risk of getting in the ICU gets higher than now, will you still take the risk to get Covid this year thinking you are building a resistance ? We don't build resistance to next year's flu when we age. If/Since covid will be seasonal/periodical and evolve it's likely we will regularly need boosters/new vaccines. And considering its high transmission capabilities we will still need masks and other preventive measures.
- 988747 5y ago
  >> We didn't beat flu. We still need vaccines every year. Seriously? I thought flu vaccines were just a hipster thing: something you do to look cool, but they don't really matter much. In my country only 4% of people take them, and we don't have many flu-related deaths.
  - johnchristopher 5y ago
    Diabetics and older people are strongly advised to take it. That surely helped cementing the "it's a flu" when most of the deaths are old people. Also, we don't have many flu-related deaths because it either turns into emphyzema or other pulmonary complications which are the cause of death. Or the vaccine did its job.

by 988747 5y ago

johnchristopher 5y ago

> we'll get reinfected regularly, thus developing resistance to more malignant strains. Clearly not how it works and not what's happening. We are not developing resistance to more malignant strains so far despite the virus and its variants spreading. Plus, mild symptoms when contagious are not indicators for long term covid damages on organs. Want to take the risk ? > That's how we beat flu, which, believe or not, was deadly in the past. We didn't beat flu. We still need vaccines every year. Believe it or not, it's still deadly. We have vaccines for Covid and it's still not enough to live like Covid is another flu. > Now we get millions of flu infections each year, but no one cares, because they are mild. Millions of covid infections. It's still not mild and way too soon to know if omicron is milder short term and milder long term. You are talking a distant hypothetical future. People were already saying that in january 2020. Didn't pan out. What's different now ? We got worse variants. It's time public voices stop comparing covid to flu. Covid is way more contagious than the flu. Flu patients in ICU don't need 7 or 8 nurses. It's a different beast and it hasn't yet taken every evolutionary paths it can take. Letting it rip through the population hoping it magically build a resistance ? Eugenics and wishful thinking. edit: > we'll get reinfected regularly, thus developing resistance to more malignant strains Omicron is telling us it doesn't care much about our previous wuhan/alpha/delta infections when we look at current numbers. Reinfections can send you to the ICU and then you toss a coin if you make it for one more year. How many times do you want to take that risk ? Once a year ? Are you in your thirties ? Then when your are ~45 and the risk of getting in the ICU gets higher than now, will you still take the risk to get Covid this year thinking you are building a resistance ? We don't build resistance to next year's flu when we age. If/Since covid will be seasonal/periodical and evolve it's likely we will regularly need boosters/new vaccines. And considering its high transmission capabilities we will still need masks and other preventive measures.

988747 5y ago
>> We didn't beat flu. We still need vaccines every year. Seriously? I thought flu vaccines were just a hipster thing: something you do to look cool, but they don't really matter much. In my country only 4% of people take them, and we don't have many flu-related deaths.
- johnchristopher 5y ago
  Diabetics and older people are strongly advised to take it. That surely helped cementing the "it's a flu" when most of the deaths are old people. Also, we don't have many flu-related deaths because it either turns into emphyzema or other pulmonary complications which are the cause of death. Or the vaccine did its job.