zlacker

[return to "U.S. public health agencies aren't ‘following the science,’ officials say"]
1. wonder+Z21[view] [source] 2022-07-15 01:33:14
>>themgt+(OP)
I have no idea if this is a valid article, the use of so many anonymous sources made me doubt every word. For all I know they are quoting someone on reddit claiming to work for the cdc. Every quote could have just been made up. It very much just appears to be opinion pretending to be news.

With that said, I do agree with the proposal that if a kid has already had covid then why vaccinate them if the general consensus is that the vaccines only provide limited protection for a few months. All for vaccinating high risk people and I am vaccinated against covid with a booster from when they first came out but will not get another booster now that I have already had Covid. Omicron in general for most people is no worse than the flu, unpleasant but bearable. I fully understand the rush to vaccinate adults in the beginning when Delta was raging and we had limited understanding of the virus. Luckily Omicron is dominant now it seems to be much less damaging. This is not to downplay the very real consequences and deaths that do occur still from Covid. At this point in time my whole family has had it and I have accepted it as endemic and moved on.

◧◩
2. tzs+ib1[view] [source] 2022-07-15 02:53:21
>>wonder+Z21
> Omicron in general for most people is no worse than the flu, unpleasant but bearable.

Flu in the US kills around 12k to 50k per year, with a particularly bad year every few decades getting up to maybe 80k. Omicron killed somewhere between 150k and 250k in the US in less than a year, and that was with free vaccines that were highly effective against death easily available to pretty much everyone who was not a young child.

That doesn't sound like no worse than the flu to me.

◧◩◪
3. jussij+vc1[view] [source] 2022-07-15 03:08:00
>>tzs+ib1
Another big difference is how much pressure COVID can exert on the hospital system. The COVID hospitalization rates are magnitudes larger than the worst ever flu season.
◧◩◪◨
4. mrhand+Am1[view] [source] 2022-07-15 05:11:15
>>jussij+vc1
From covid or with Covid? Covid is treated differently than the flu in healthcare. They naturally have been testing all admissions for Covid. If someone comes in for a broken arm and test positive, then they’re counted against the Covid numbers.

Flu numbers typically are a small sample size and extrapolated based on respiratory-like illness admissions in hospitals nationwide.

◧◩◪◨⬒
5. jussij+lZ1[view] [source] 2022-07-15 12:04:05
>>mrhand+Am1
Someone with a broken arm will most certainly take up a seat in the hospital waiting room, but would be unlikely to be taking up a bed in hospital.

Someone with COVID could well be in hospital for weeks if not months and if things get serious they could end up taking a bed in the ICU.

It would be highly unlikely to see someone in ICU with just a broken arm.

[go to top]