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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The majority of society is moving on.  75% of kids have already had Covid.  And they will likely catch it again next fall/winter.  It is a coronavirus, and it is here to stay.[/quote]

Everyone vaxxed and boosted (and otherwise healthy) that I know that tested positive had only very minor or no symptoms.  So minor that nobody would even know it was Covid.

Covid is going to be like the common cold.  It's not going anywhere, but [b]nobody is getting very sick who is a healthy person with no pre-existing conditions[/b].

I tested positive in December and was shocked because I had no symptoms. Nada. I was negative on two home tests. I only went to due the PCR because my husband had a positive.  That came back positive.  Kids never tested positive.[/quote]

I'm fairly even-handed with weighing pros and cons with covid, I thought schools should be open far sooner, we were willing to travel etc.  But it's also important not to overly downplay it either: people do get pretty sick even if they are healthy with no pre-existing conditions--just not as often.  And long covid is more indiscriminate--healthy people who had mild symptoms are getting it. My nephew is a 20 year old college athlete who has been side-lined with long covid--and he barely noticed he had covid initially--it was just a cold for him. But he has tested positive now for 9 months, gets out of breath at practice, and has weird EKG results (new arrhythmia) .  No  pre-existing conditions.  Our neighbor who is in his 50s has the same thing, last year he ran a marathon now is wheezing and can't do a 5k.   Nephew's doctor said the risk profile of who gets long covid is very different than who gets serious covid initially.  I don't think everyone needs to restrict their lives because of a risk of long covid, but it is clear it's not a cold. 
  
 I think it's important to regularly look at the data, see where we are at and be honest with the consequences of both restrictions and openness and not dig into a particular perspective as the situation and our understanding have changed since March 2020 and will be continuing to change.[/quote]

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