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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yep.  And the new scale is based on hospitalizations, not just cases.  The new variant is more transmissible, and so many people just aren't even trying anymore.  We are up to [b]400+ deaths a day from COVID[/b], and people act like it's over.  [/quote]

I'm no conspiracy theorist, but I question that number.[/quote]

400+ a day is also as low as its been at any time since COVID started other than than summer of 2021. The tragic reality of COVID is that it's not going anywhere. and it kills a lot of people.[/quote]

400 isn't really that many. Almost 3 million people die in the US each year. It's not like Covid robbed us of immortality.[/quote]

If you’re one of the 400, or someone who loved them, it’s too many. I have no idea if the number is accurate, too high, or too low, but when it’s personal, it’s too many.

Moreover, it’s not a binary outcome where either you die or you fully recover and carry on as before. We know some people have “long COVID”, but we don’t know what factors determine if you develop long COVID nor how long long COVID can last.

Here’s an article from the AMA about long COVID, explaining that there are actually 3 types, one of which occurs after recovery:
https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/what-doctors-wish-patients-knew-about-long-covid

Not to mention COVID is new. Last I heard, they were still finding residual problems even in patients that had experienced mild COVID and apparently recovered. If we’re still discovering effects from original COVID, we may not even know what to look for to see how the variants are effecting us, and this is for short term damage.

We can’t even begin to guess at long term effects. If COVID can cause mental impairment, even if patients probably recover, will they be more susceptible to Alzheimer’s/dementia?  If COVID has damaged the heart, are people going to be more likely to have heart attacks at an earlier age?  What about pulmonary and vascular issues?  Maybe you survive and seem to recover, but your life is 20 years shorter than it would have otherwise been. Maybe you still live to a ripe old age, but instead of  an active, vital retirement, your “golden years” are spent in weakness and pain, dependent on others. [/quote]

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