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[quote=Anonymous][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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On the flip side, I have spoken with multiple people in the last two weeks whose employers told them that they had to go to work while sick with COVID, as well as parents of college students whose professors are ridiculously strict about absence to the point where the kids have no choice but to go to class while sick (COVID or not). I've also spoken with teachers who are at a loss on how to address student absences, given that many students are sick for extended periods and people who falsely claim sickness to cover absences for other reasons.

Until there is more space to "stay home when sick" at our workplaces, schools, and other institutions, there's no point in calling people selfish for not isolating them every time they have even a mild cold.[/quote]

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