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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I got COVID two months ago. I got the flu vaccination last week. I'm good.[/quote]
But how do you know which strain you got? You might need the new Covid vaccine for the current strains.[/quote]

do you think we need to be getting vaccinated every 2 months???[/quote]

No, but a yearly shot and actually testing if sick and most importantly, staying home/masking if you are sick.  Basically, giving a shit about others.  Fact is covid is "mild" for some, but for many it is not.  And even for those that it's "mild", they have a 30%+ chance of getting long covid.

I know people who refuse to test.  Because they dont' want to be told "don't go to the office".  THey'd rather just go with a "cold" and infect everyone.  But that is a bit too self centered for me.  If I'm sick, I'm not going to expose everyone else to it.

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30%? Where do you get your numbers from. Sounds way too high. Don't spread misinformation.[/quote]

6%. Why do people just make stuff up?

https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/what-is-the-risk-of-long-covid-/2023/09[/quote]

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2023001/article/00015-eng.htm

After 3+ bouts of covid, 38% of Canadians have long covid symptoms.

Your chances of having long covid increases with each case of Covid you have.

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Your link doesn't work. Long covid is more tied to those who had severe cases from the earlier, more virulent strains. However, Omicron is milder and generates far fewer reports of long covid: "compared with earlier phases of the pandemic, the report found that a much smaller proportion of those infected since the Omicron variant hit Canada late last year reported such long-term symptoms." And here's the most relevant point in the article: "Because the survey data is based on people's self-reports of post-COVID symptoms and isn't compared with a control group of uninfected people, Razak and other physicians said the results should be interpreted with some caution." https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/long-covid-statistics-canada-1.6619649

Studies that have a control show that people both with and without covid report similar amounts of long covid symptoms like fatigue, anxiety, depression, and difficulty sleeping. Covid is not unique in that regard.[/quote]

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