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I think we should take advantage of Omicron right now and let it rip through the population as it's most likely less deadly. Not doing so could be catastrophic

by dham 5y ago

I think we should take advantage of Omicron right now and let it rip through the population as it's most likely less deadly. Not doing so could be catastrophic and lead to more deaths in the future if the virus mutates to be more deadly.

jimkleiber 5y ago
Yes, but couldn't it also be catastrophic if 1) the virus mutates to be even less deadly and infectious or 2) Omicron has long-term, currently unseen consequences? I mean, not saying your strategy wouldn't be the better strategy in the end, just think it's hard to know the risk equation at this moment. edit: not sure why someone downvoted this, I'd love to hear your thoughts if you did