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

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.