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80% isn't protection. 80% still gets you pregnant. Honestly, it's probably healthier for everyone to turn off the news for a half year, and did not worry about

80% isn't protection. 80% still gets you pregnant. Honestly, it's probably healthier for everyone to turn off the news for a half year, and did not worry about it. If you get sick, take care of it. If you don't, take care of those who do. Lose weight. Exercise. Eat healthy. Live your life. Build and nurture friendships. Find and improve hobbies. Grow your family. You'll be fine until you die. But you can die any and every day for any arbitrary reason, so forget COVID and start taking care of life.

paulryanrogers 5y ago
> If you get sick, take care of it. If you don't, take care of those who do. Hospitals were getting overwhelmed. So "taking care of it" for many was not as trivial as the usual flu. Consider that 40% of adults in the US are obese which is a complicating factor for unvaxed infection.
- ThunderSizzle 5y ago
  Lose weight. Eat healthy. Eat less. Exercise. Self control and discipline suck, but there's no easy button to life. People wanted the Vax to be an easy button.
  - paulryanrogers 5y ago
    While I agree there is an element of personal responsibility to obesity, the industrialized food system is rigged to make everyone fat if they live long enough. It requires winning the genetic lottery or having a significant amount of self control to maintain a healthy weight as one ages. In some places healthier food is also more expensive, such as in major cities and food deserts. Until the food industries are regulated more responsibility it's unrealistic and cruel for those of us born to be thinner to demand people 'just' exercise more and eat less.
oliveshell 5y ago
> 80% isn't protection. 80% still gets you pregnant. Serious question: I get that this is supposed to be a clever metaphor but what the hell does this even mean in a vaccine context?
bobbyasdfasdf7 5y ago
maxerickson 5y ago
People with 2 dose vaccinations are well protected from serious disease, taking up small fraction of hospital capacity (less intensive, shorter stays). Boosted folks are taking up less than that. It probably doesn't matter a lot for healthy people under 30, but that leaves an awful lot of people over 30 or with health problems where the available vaccines are hugely protective.

paulryanrogers 5y ago

> If you get sick, take care of it. If you don't, take care of those who do. Hospitals were getting overwhelmed. So "taking care of it" for many was not as trivial as the usual flu. Consider that 40% of adults in the US are obese which is a complicating factor for unvaxed infection.

ThunderSizzle 5y ago
Lose weight. Eat healthy. Eat less. Exercise. Self control and discipline suck, but there's no easy button to life. People wanted the Vax to be an easy button.
- paulryanrogers 5y ago
  While I agree there is an element of personal responsibility to obesity, the industrialized food system is rigged to make everyone fat if they live long enough. It requires winning the genetic lottery or having a significant amount of self control to maintain a healthy weight as one ages. In some places healthier food is also more expensive, such as in major cities and food deserts. Until the food industries are regulated more responsibility it's unrealistic and cruel for those of us born to be thinner to demand people 'just' exercise more and eat less.

oliveshell 5y ago

> 80% isn't protection. 80% still gets you pregnant. Serious question: I get that this is supposed to be a clever metaphor but what the hell does this even mean in a vaccine context?

bobbyasdfasdf7 5y ago

maxerickson 5y ago

People with 2 dose vaccinations are well protected from serious disease, taking up small fraction of hospital capacity (less intensive, shorter stays). Boosted folks are taking up less than that. It probably doesn't matter a lot for healthy people under 30, but that leaves an awful lot of people over 30 or with health problems where the available vaccines are hugely protective.