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Probably a similar risk profile to that of every other common respiratory virus…

• somewhereoutth 5y ago
  Like measles? Smallpox? They are respiratory viruses too
  • GekkePrutser 5y ago
    Measles is a good comparison IMO. It's an extremely contagious virus (even more so than Omicron covid) and can have some serious illness in a small percentage of people. Very similar to covid statistically. Yet we don't lock down at the first sign of a measles outbreak. Where I'm from almost everyone got vaccinated and a lot of kids had it anyway. The one big difference is that an infection seems to convey pretty much lifelong protection. Smallpox is a different thing, very serious but not so contagious so it was easy to stamp out.
    • JamisonM 5y ago
      In the case of a genuine outbreak there has indeed been real lockdowns: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Samoa_measles_outbreak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Samoa_measles_outbreak "The one big difference is that an infection seems to convey pretty much lifelong protection." From Measles? Because COVID-19 infection certainly does not confer lifelong protection! That's real east to look up!