Planning to get Omicron in order to gain some immunity or get it over with is a terrible idea
*planted: 18/01/2022last tended: 18/01/2022
‘I have no intention of getting infected’: understanding Omicron’s severity |…
1. Because
- Covid-19 is still a very serious disease with unknown outcomes, even for the less severe Omicron variant
- "This is a real-deal virus where there’s unpredictability"
- "Some people can get very sick. Some people can get long Covid."
- Some people unwittingly will then get immunocompromised people sick”, leading to hospitalization and death.
- It’s not at all clear if recovering from Omicron would protect against future variants
2. Epistemic status
- Type
- claim
- Agreement level
- Most likely
3. Elsewhere
3.1. In my garden
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