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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm at the live and let live phase of this.[b] I don't understand people playing with their long term health[/b], but I also realize people draw different conclusions and public health messaging has not exactly been stellar.  I'm not posting any warnings to people, and only ever discuss it on this health board from time to time.  I know people judge my family for masking, but oh well, it's not like I'm going to change because of them.

I do hope we get 2nd gen vaccines that are more sterilizing or that this liver drug touted by Univ of Cambridge and used off brand actually can help prevent the disease. I'd love to get back to some old ways of life, but fully acknowledge it's not all going to be like it was.  Climate change means more dramatic life changes and sadly, pandemics, so I'm trying to teach my kids resiliency, kindness, and most of all to love life and being a kid as much as possible.  [/quote]

What does it mean to you for a person to be "playing with their long-term health"?

One could argue anyone who gets into a car is "playing with death". It's all a risk-benefit calculation. If it's masks you're concerned with, wearing a mask is a different experience for different people. I buy that some people truly aren't bothered by them. They are really uncomfortable for me, and I know for many people. I'm willing to and do wear one in limited situations, but not for a full day of work.[/quote]

[b]I'm talking about people who understand airborne transmission but are currently taking no precautions in terms of shared air.[/b]  The more we learn about Covid, the more concerned I get for the population in general, even those who haven't been infected.  From neurological problems, to blood clots, vulnerability to other infections post-Covid, reduced sperm counts, brain fog, the social and economic impact of Long Covid, MI in the young, etc.  It's very concerning and is highly likely to have a long term impact on all of us. For instance from a reproductive perspective, if someone's DD doesn't get it, but 80% of males in her dating pool have dramatically reduced sperm from Covid infection on top of all the already dramatic drop in sperm pre-Covid, then we have a problem.  I think many are betting on all these issues to self resolve, and perhaps they will, but hope is not a plan.  I realize people are tired of it, and I think sociologically people just hit their threshold and move on at various points, often clustered fairly together in specific cohorts.  I don't think individuals are to blame.  I do think we have a society level problem though.

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What specific precautions do you expect people to take?[/quote]

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