A friend asked me if I believed everyone would get COVID eventually.
I said yes.
So he asked why he couldn't just stop wearing his mask & go ahead & get it over with. His question was genuine.
Here's what I said:
I said yes.
So he asked why he couldn't just stop wearing his mask & go ahead & get it over with. His question was genuine.
Here's what I said:
1. Do you want to risk death?
COVID impacts everyone differently. Many high risk people survive. Many nondisabled people don't.
There's no guarantee you'll be fine.
COVID impacts everyone differently. Many high risk people survive. Many nondisabled people don't.
There's no guarantee you'll be fine.
2. Do you want to risk permanent or worsened disability?
50% or more of those who have "recovered" from COVID have long-term symptoms or new medical issues (lasting 6 months or more). Including vaccinated people who weren't hospitalized.
50% or more of those who have "recovered" from COVID have long-term symptoms or new medical issues (lasting 6 months or more). Including vaccinated people who weren't hospitalized.
3. Vaccinated people can spread COVID.
Folks who spread COVID prolong the pandemic, which both creates & kills more disabled people.
Immunocompromised folks get sick more easily, so even if you're vaccinated & give us COVID, we could die.
...Many of us can't "just stay home."
Folks who spread COVID prolong the pandemic, which both creates & kills more disabled people.
Immunocompromised folks get sick more easily, so even if you're vaccinated & give us COVID, we could die.
...Many of us can't "just stay home."
4. Antibodies aren't all that
Gaining antibodies from a COVID infection doesn't make you protected (that's why people who've had COVID still need vaccines). Nor are antibodies from 1 variant effective against other variants.
Gaining antibodies from a COVID infection doesn't make you protected (that's why people who've had COVID still need vaccines). Nor are antibodies from 1 variant effective against other variants.
5. You can get COVID again
And again
And again
And again
With Omicron especially (v v contagious) many people are getting back to back repeat infections (yes, they are testing negative in between, & yes, even vaccinated people)
And again
And again
And again
With Omicron especially (v v contagious) many people are getting back to back repeat infections (yes, they are testing negative in between, & yes, even vaccinated people)
6. I won't be able to spend time with you
If you stop wearing your mask, you lose my friendship.
This isn't manipulation, it's a boundary. It's because I want to live.
If you stop wearing your mask, you lose my friendship.
This isn't manipulation, it's a boundary. It's because I want to live.
7. Treatments aren't widely available yet
Currently, the only at-home treatments to prevent hospitalization, shorten the infection, & reduce symptoms are approved under an EUA for high risk people.
And it's nearly impossible to access these treatments.
Currently, the only at-home treatments to prevent hospitalization, shorten the infection, & reduce symptoms are approved under an EUA for high risk people.
And it's nearly impossible to access these treatments.
"Prevention efforts should neither advertise death as the only bad outcome of COVID, nor downplay the potential long-term impact of a so-called mild infection."
beingcharis.medium.com
beingcharis.medium.com
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I didn't realize I wasn't clear: I don't want people to get COVID. Ever.
My answer to my friend was solely based on the reality that eugenicist leaders have made it all but impossible not to eventually get COVID.
My Medium essay (1st link above) may help clarify my perspective.
My answer to my friend was solely based on the reality that eugenicist leaders have made it all but impossible not to eventually get COVID.
My Medium essay (1st link above) may help clarify my perspective.
Source for #2
jamanetwork.com
jamanetwork.com
Sorry I wasn't clear, again. More clarity:
I don't think it's inevitable that everyone will get COVID during the pandemic.
I think the eugenicist approach to this pandemic means that, once COVID becomes endemic, everyone at some point in their lives will get COVID.
I don't think it's inevitable that everyone will get COVID during the pandemic.
I think the eugenicist approach to this pandemic means that, once COVID becomes endemic, everyone at some point in their lives will get COVID.
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