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> that our immune systems become adapted. Perhaps, but the first person in the US known to have died from Omicron had already had Covid once before. According
by leereeves 5y ago
> that our immune systems become adapted.
Perhaps, but the first person in the US known to have died from Omicron had already had Covid once before. According to the news, he was also in his 50s with other underlying health conditions.
I think, much like the flu, Covid will continue to be a threat to people who are elderly and/or already in poor health. And much like the flu, yearly deaths will probably decrease somewhat but continue to number in the tens or hundreds of thousands.
- steveylang 5y agoFor today's elderly or otherwise at risk, that may very well be the case. It's going to be the younger people today who are either vaccinated or survive infection, that become the much more resistant adult and elderly population years and decades from now.