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This is one of the most privileged takes I've ever read. OH GOOD HEAVENS. You were sick for a whole 2-3 days. Best lockdown the country to avoid what most peopl

by peder 5y ago

This is one of the most privileged takes I've ever read. OH GOOD HEAVENS. You were sick for a whole 2-3 days. Best lockdown the country to avoid what most people experience 1+ times per year.

jollybean 5y ago
? It's killed 800 000 people. The 'privileged' comment is 'I got COVID it was just like a cold, I can do this every year ... so there's no more pandemic'. Conflating their personal anecdote with the range of outcomes. For now, we're still in a pandemic. Hopefully it will get better.
- lovecg 5y ago
  Omicron didn’t kill 800 000 people. There’s also vastly more immunity (whether through vaccines or previous infections). Let’s wait and see but there’s hope it’s a different, milder disease.
  - thomasmg 5y ago
    (You are right of course. With the data we have now, we are quite certain that Omicron is much milder. Hopefully no lockdown is needed.) But, personally, I would like to avoid getting Omicron, as long term effects are still unclear: does "long Omicron" exist, does it affect vaccinated, and if yes how common and severe is it. There are some recent news about long Covid: it could be micro-clots.
    - nradov 5y ago
      Unless you live as a hermit you are unlikely to avoid getting Omicron. A more rational approach would be to take steps that will maximize your odds of survival when you do get it. https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/vinay-prasad/94646 https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/vinay-prasad/94646
      - jollybean 5y ago
        Yes, like taking a vaccine. And also social distancing and avoiding others so that the peak of cases doesn't coincide with an overflow of Medical facilities resulting in your inability to get proper medical attention if needed.
    - lovecg 5y ago
      There’s some evidence that most “long covid” symptoms (everything except loss of smell) in most people who claim to have it are not due to covid: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2787741 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2787741 Specifically, reporting long covid symptoms correlates with thinking you had covid, and not as much with actually having had covid. Of course this doesn’t mean there aren’t some real severe cases out there, but it’s probably not nearly as widespread as it seems.

by peder 5y ago

This is one of the most privileged takes I've ever read. OH GOOD HEAVENS. You were sick for a whole 2-3 days. Best lockdown the country to avoid what most people experience 1+ times per year.

jollybean 5y ago

? It's killed 800 000 people. The 'privileged' comment is 'I got COVID it was just like a cold, I can do this every year ... so there's no more pandemic'. Conflating their personal anecdote with the range of outcomes. For now, we're still in a pandemic. Hopefully it will get better.

lovecg 5y ago
Omicron didn’t kill 800 000 people. There’s also vastly more immunity (whether through vaccines or previous infections). Let’s wait and see but there’s hope it’s a different, milder disease.
- thomasmg 5y ago
  (You are right of course. With the data we have now, we are quite certain that Omicron is much milder. Hopefully no lockdown is needed.) But, personally, I would like to avoid getting Omicron, as long term effects are still unclear: does "long Omicron" exist, does it affect vaccinated, and if yes how common and severe is it. There are some recent news about long Covid: it could be micro-clots.
  - nradov 5y ago
    Unless you live as a hermit you are unlikely to avoid getting Omicron. A more rational approach would be to take steps that will maximize your odds of survival when you do get it. https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/vinay-prasad/94646 https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/vinay-prasad/94646
    - jollybean 5y ago
      Yes, like taking a vaccine. And also social distancing and avoiding others so that the peak of cases doesn't coincide with an overflow of Medical facilities resulting in your inability to get proper medical attention if needed.
  - lovecg 5y ago
    There’s some evidence that most “long covid” symptoms (everything except loss of smell) in most people who claim to have it are not due to covid: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2787741 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2787741 Specifically, reporting long covid symptoms correlates with thinking you had covid, and not as much with actually having had covid. Of course this doesn’t mean there aren’t some real severe cases out there, but it’s probably not nearly as widespread as it seems.