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> Considering the overwhelming evidence that it's not statistically an issue for the vast majority of otherwise healthy people Don't be an overdebunker. We hav

> Considering the overwhelming evidence that it's not statistically an issue for the vast majority of otherwise healthy people Don't be an overdebunker. We have no long term knowledge because covid hasn't existed over the long term. Its love of eating brains and what seems like an ability to stick around in the nervous system indefinitely for some people like herpes or chicken pox are worrying. Especially for people who seem to keep getting repeat infections.

_dain_ 4y ago
>We have no long term knowledge because covid hasn't existed over the long term. and neither have the vaccines
- pessimizer 4y ago
  Since you trust the long-term safety of the vaccines 100%, I guess it's reasonable to trust long-term predictions of the effects of covid 100% for you then.
koolba 4y ago
> We have no long term knowledge because covid hasn't existed over the long term. The flip side of that coin is we have no knowledge that it has catastrophic long term damage. And even it if does we have a critical mass of people infected to justify research to solve it. > Its love of eating brains and what seems like an ability to stick around in the nervous system indefinitely for some people like herpes or chicken pox are worrying. Sure but worrying to the point of living as a recluse for years to come? For an otherwise healthy person that’s frankly absurd.
- xypage 4y ago
  Ok but if it turns out to be fine, being overly careful means you didn't get to be as social as you otherwise would be. An inconvenience, sure, a degradation of your quality of life, yes, but nothing too major. If it does turn out to have long term consequences, you could be losing years of your life, and making the years towards the end have a much lower standard of living. I'd much prefer to isolate more than normal now when I'm healthy and have that turn out to have been unnecessary than to not, and end up forced to isolate due to poor health limiting my ability to live my life. For the record, I'm not a recluse or anything, but I'm not going to concerts or things like that, and am still wearing a mask.

_dain_ 4y ago

>We have no long term knowledge because covid hasn't existed over the long term. and neither have the vaccines

pessimizer 4y ago
Since you trust the long-term safety of the vaccines 100%, I guess it's reasonable to trust long-term predictions of the effects of covid 100% for you then.

koolba 4y ago

> We have no long term knowledge because covid hasn't existed over the long term. The flip side of that coin is we have no knowledge that it has catastrophic long term damage. And even it if does we have a critical mass of people infected to justify research to solve it. > Its love of eating brains and what seems like an ability to stick around in the nervous system indefinitely for some people like herpes or chicken pox are worrying. Sure but worrying to the point of living as a recluse for years to come? For an otherwise healthy person that’s frankly absurd.

xypage 4y ago
Ok but if it turns out to be fine, being overly careful means you didn't get to be as social as you otherwise would be. An inconvenience, sure, a degradation of your quality of life, yes, but nothing too major. If it does turn out to have long term consequences, you could be losing years of your life, and making the years towards the end have a much lower standard of living. I'd much prefer to isolate more than normal now when I'm healthy and have that turn out to have been unnecessary than to not, and end up forced to isolate due to poor health limiting my ability to live my life. For the record, I'm not a recluse or anything, but I'm not going to concerts or things like that, and am still wearing a mask.