What lie have I told? Serious disease from COVID-19 in a healthy 20 or 30 year old is really rare. But not nearly as rare as a bad outcome from a COVID vaccine.
Ah, but do you know that to be true? I don't do math well, but I think that could be a stretch. Might be equal for all I know. Might be slightly true... we need actual numbers to prove that.
With the data we have, yes, healthy 20 or 30 year olds are far more likely to have a serious case of COVID-19 than a serious reaction from the COVID vaccine.
Would you tell parents not to get their kids the polio vaccine? Vaccination is not just about the individual. It is part of a larger public health goal to severely reduce and even eliminate diseases (a feat that has been accomplished).
I have echoed this opinion multiple times in this thread. I fully agree. I think every person eligible for a vaccine right now should get vaccinated. I apologize if that was lost.
Sorry I misread. I thought you said the other way around. Dyslexic me stirkes again. I'll crawl in a hole. End result, get your vaccines
You say and then undermine it by repeating an anti-vaccine rationalization.
I don't feel the need to lie to people to get vaccinated. You cannot honestly say with a straight face that it is absolutely imperative (in terms of their personal health) for a healthy 20 year old to get vaccinated ASAP and if not, do not leave the house. It's silly to say so.
Is there such a thing as "Long Flu"? That to me is why your comparison doesn't work. Why would anyone, whether 20 or 60, want to risk living with Long Covid?
You are still reducing it to death or nothing. That is not true. The variety of other negative impacts and their increasing occurrence in younger patients has been explained.
Do you realize you're arguing with a doctor? Someone who is ACTUALLY out there in the field amongst Covid?
Yes, there is such a thing as long flu.
This means literally nothing to their credentials to discuss or evaluate the pandemic as a whole. Sorry.
Can you share a link? (I'm not being rhetorical—I Googled and couldn't find anything myself.)
Long COVID is just a marketing buzz word for post-infection disease syndrome which can arise from basically any illness including flu.
www.medicalnewstoday.com
This has been debunked. Mental health issues in control groups of recent studies were the same. Turns out, keeping kids out of school and making them deathly afraid of a virus they have almost no risk to is damaging to their mental health.Is there such a thing as "Long Flu"? That to me is why your comparison doesn't work. Why would anyone, whether 20 or 60, want to risk living with Long Covid?
Half of young adults with COVID-19 have persistent symptoms 6 months after, study finds
A new paper describes persistent symptoms six months after acute COVID-19, even in young home isolated people. The most common symptoms were loss of smell and/or taste, fatigue, shortness of breath, impaired concentration, and memory problems.www.sciencedaily.com
With the same incidence? Or are you suggesting that doctors are part of this marketing ploy and exaggerating the numbers of Long Covid sufferers?Long COVID is just a marketing buzz word for post-infection disease syndrome which can arise from basically any illness including flu.
Post-viral syndrome: Symptoms, causes, and treatment
Post-viral syndrome, or post-viral fatigue, refers to tiredness or weakness that lingers after a person recovers from a viral infection. Learn more here.
Long COVID is vastly overblown, sorry. It's the final argument that people offer when you tell them a cohort isn't at risk of hospitalization or death from COVID. "Well what about LONG COVID?"
Wow...
