>the risk calculation is already two steps divorced from the actions we can actually take to avoid it. This is wrong. Many of us are in a position to avoid get

>the risk calculation is already two steps divorced from the actions we can actually take to avoid it. This is wrong. Many of us are in a position to avoid getting covid with high probability, at the heavy cost of a complete sacrifice of an offline social life. Long covid heavily affects the expected QALY loss calculation, so it's of enormous material interest. >it's not like any sane person chooses to get covid I know lots of insane people then. They say things like "Omicron is mild so I decided it was a good time to get it" - by which they meant they would stop paying the cost to avoid it (and predictably contracted it immediately). They might have decided differently if it turns out that long covid is a) common and b) life-wrecking.