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> the medical system learned a lot. You sure about that? Seems more like "the anti-maskers are inside the house." https://old.reddit.com/r/ZeroCovidCommunity/

> the medical system learned a lot. You sure about that? Seems more like "the anti-maskers are inside the house." https://old.reddit.com/r/ZeroCovidCommunity/comments/1gsgjdz/cdc_hispac_voted_against_using_n95_respirators/ https://old.reddit.com/r/ZeroCovidCommunity/comments/1gsgjdz...

rscho 2y ago
Yes, I'm pretty sure about that. The difference in case handling protocols at the start compared to later in the pandemic was pretty staggering. Medical politics is a different beast.
- schiffern 2y ago
  Point is, right now we've regressed compared to "later in the pandemic." When the CDC Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee is recommending against N95s for respiratory illness, that's not a great sign.
  - rscho 2y ago
    There's politics, and there's what happens in the trenches. But I agree that it's a bad sign.
pclmulqdq 2y ago
That subreddit is pretty shocking, honestly. People who are still utterly terrified of COVID getting together to share and affirm their irrational fears with each other. Even with all the precautions, all of them have certainly been exposed to COVID many times and they are all still acting like it is a death disease that they must spend tremendous effort warding off.
- archagon 2y ago
  Wearing a mask every once in a while seems like a very reasonable price to pay for avoiding COVID-related brain damage.
  - pclmulqdq 2y ago
    You do realize that the whole brain/heart/kidney damage thing only happened to people who got severe cases of COVID and were hospitalized? The chance of that hospitalization alone happening in people who are otherwise healthy (ie not immunocompromised or severely obese) is vanishingly small, let alone the chances of organ damage. Your chances of brain damage in a car accident (even as a pedestrian) are far higher. Only myocarditis seems to have been possible with just "long COVID," and that is still unclear in cases without hospitalization. It's also possible that it might be a side effect of the vaccine, too - the science on all of this is very messy and needless to say it's a political hot potato. So yes, modifying your behavior because you think you might get brain damage from COVID is an irrational fear.
    - archagon 2y ago
      Feel free to think what you like. I haven't been seriously sick since 2020 and it's been great.
  - School-Cotton 2y ago
    Every once in a while? Under what circumstances, exactly?
  - ryandrake 2y ago
    It’s not even a “price to pay.” Oh my god, a piece of cloth. What a burden!
- Krssst 2y ago
  https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/pulse/long-covid.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/pulse/long-covid.htm shows ~5% of the somewhat young population with long covid, 1% with significant impairment. It's not a death sentence but it's definitely bad.
- s1artibartfast 2y ago
  https://old.reddit.com/r/ZeroCovidCommunity/comments/1gxpkqn/im_so_tired/ https://old.reddit.com/r/ZeroCovidCommunity/comments/1gxpkqn... Seems pretty sad.

rscho 2y ago

Yes, I'm pretty sure about that. The difference in case handling protocols at the start compared to later in the pandemic was pretty staggering. Medical politics is a different beast.

schiffern 2y ago
Point is, right now we've regressed compared to "later in the pandemic." When the CDC Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee is recommending against N95s for respiratory illness, that's not a great sign.
- rscho 2y ago
  There's politics, and there's what happens in the trenches. But I agree that it's a bad sign.

pclmulqdq 2y ago

That subreddit is pretty shocking, honestly. People who are still utterly terrified of COVID getting together to share and affirm their irrational fears with each other. Even with all the precautions, all of them have certainly been exposed to COVID many times and they are all still acting like it is a death disease that they must spend tremendous effort warding off.

archagon 2y ago
Wearing a mask every once in a while seems like a very reasonable price to pay for avoiding COVID-related brain damage.
- pclmulqdq 2y ago
  You do realize that the whole brain/heart/kidney damage thing only happened to people who got severe cases of COVID and were hospitalized? The chance of that hospitalization alone happening in people who are otherwise healthy (ie not immunocompromised or severely obese) is vanishingly small, let alone the chances of organ damage. Your chances of brain damage in a car accident (even as a pedestrian) are far higher. Only myocarditis seems to have been possible with just "long COVID," and that is still unclear in cases without hospitalization. It's also possible that it might be a side effect of the vaccine, too - the science on all of this is very messy and needless to say it's a political hot potato. So yes, modifying your behavior because you think you might get brain damage from COVID is an irrational fear.
  - archagon 2y ago
    Feel free to think what you like. I haven't been seriously sick since 2020 and it's been great.
- School-Cotton 2y ago
  Every once in a while? Under what circumstances, exactly?
- ryandrake 2y ago
  It’s not even a “price to pay.” Oh my god, a piece of cloth. What a burden!
Krssst 2y ago
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/pulse/long-covid.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/pulse/long-covid.htm shows ~5% of the somewhat young population with long covid, 1% with significant impairment. It's not a death sentence but it's definitely bad.
s1artibartfast 2y ago
https://old.reddit.com/r/ZeroCovidCommunity/comments/1gxpkqn/im_so_tired/ https://old.reddit.com/r/ZeroCovidCommunity/comments/1gxpkqn... Seems pretty sad.