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cmearls t1_j29uad8 wrote

Meanwhile seasonal flu and RSV are raging and more people are being hospitalized for those at the moment…

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ThrillDr1 t1_j291mx3 wrote

Wear a mask! They should be worn in schools and other places where people are thrown together tightly.

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Shaygirl426 t1_j2dsi7y wrote

Omg really???…. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

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ThrillDr1 t1_j2dvctu wrote

Really, just ask shay

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Shaygirl426 t1_j2dvoe7 wrote

Just ask what? Why you would say such a thing?? Still…. This much time afterwards….?

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Cal__Trask t1_j2boxxh wrote

I've got COVID right now, I'm a vaccinated, middle aged guy and honestly it's not that big of a deal. It felt like the flu for 2 days (take Aleve for the fever) and it's been a cold since.

It's not worth the mask hysteria.

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Ditto_the_Deceiver t1_j2dbo9a wrote

Millions of people have died from it globally. Just because your case was mild doesn’t mean it’s nothing to worry about. We shouldn’t all be locking ourselves in our homes again, but Covid itself is still dangerous.

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Cal__Trask t1_j2dr4ca wrote

While it's true millions have died globally (in a world of almost 8 billion people), that's an appeal to emotion without context, because if you put it in context it's not concerning and I am not "lucky" as the last person was saying.

Context: I'm a fit 39 year old man. For my age range, total us deaths are 19,224. Out of around 45 million people in said age range. This gives a death rate around .4 percent. Further that's not factoring in vaccinations which the CDC estimates reduces omicron hospitalization risk by a FURTHER 90 percent.

There is no such thing as a risk free life, if a disease with a .4 percent chance of death is "dangerous", you might want to reexamine your tolerance for risk.

Edit: clarity

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Ditto_the_Deceiver t1_j2eoucl wrote

Is that 45 million pool you’re using confirmed infections in your age range? Or just total population in that age range? If it’s total population it’s not really relevant.

And you’re view is incredibly self centered. Even if the .4% number is the correct number to go by that isn’t the whole picture. How many people will you come in contact with in the few days before you’re symptomatic but are still potentially contagious? Do they all have the same low risk? “They have to make decisions according to their own risk”. Ok, what if they have to go pick up food or medication and happen to come in contact with someone contagious who is out without a mask because “lol 0.4%” or “muh freedoms”.

I’m not saying you go out and cough on elderly or unwell portions of our population. I don’t know anything about you. But the “0.4%” (or similar figure) argument is usually what I hear from the anti-mask crowd and it drives me insane. Im also low risk, but if taking simple precautions can help those around me without greatly inconveniencing me why wouldn’t I do it?

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Cal__Trask t1_j2esdd8 wrote

The .4 percent is actually the higher of the two numbers I found, the other number of 30-39 was .2 percent, but considering that I'm at the top of that range I chose to take the higher of the two numbers, which is still miniscule.

As far as other people: yes, adults get to make their own decisions for their own health. That's not a radical concept but a normal part of free society, but you people seem to have a deep disdain of the ideas of personal, assessment and choice. If you are really concerned about COVID, wear an N95 everywhere you go for the rest of time, it's really no concern of mine if you do, what is a concern is when you try to force your cowardice on other people. If you choose not to, it's an assumption of the risk, the same way that I assume the risk of heart disease when I have a greasy burger or I assume the risk of an accident when I get behind the wheel.

Honestly you sound like a hypochondriac who is trying to mask their hypochondria with fake virtue.

Edit: it's also worth noting that the .4 percent death rate is since the begining of the pandemic so is not entirely accounting for vaccinated people, as there were many casualties before the vaccines, so that rate is likely high for vaccinated people considering the CDC says it reduces you death chances by approximately 90 percent.

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SparkDBowles t1_j2bwblr wrote

I had COVID in May, and have influenza B now. I’d rather covid again in short term, as short term flu symptoms are worse. However, I also feel like I never really got over COvid and long COvid effects are a thing.

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Cal__Trask t1_j2bqi97 wrote

It's not really luck. The chances of hospitalization were always low even with middle aged people, but if you are triple vaccinated your odds of hospitalization are EXCEPTIONALLY low. As such it's misleading to call me "lucky" for not suffering a bad outcome.

A segment of the population is always going to die from diseases that are broadly innocuous, that's just the human condition, but that doesn't mean the diseases are broadly dangerous to a vaccinated population.

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redditor420_69 t1_j29yxsz wrote

Oh please. You’ve seen Gillette stadium. You’ve seen TD garden. You’ve seen Fenway. Nobody gives a shit lol. You can cower at home if you want but that’s a you issue

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A_Man_Who_Writes t1_j2a7sk3 wrote

Get off your high horse. Everything they said is true. You don’t have to be a Covid denying fox-watching moron to accept the fact that the vast majority of people out in the world don’t give a shit about Covid anymore. It’s never going away, and it’s still mostly mild, so we’re going to live our lives just like we did before this all happened.

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