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Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by jariel on Monday October 26, 2020 @08:44AM (#24895526)
COVID is special though in that if it were only as deadly to the young as it were to everyone, I don't think we'd be referring to this as a pandemic.

Literally, right now we are seeing case rates explode, but the number of casualties is paradoxically very low because it's mostly the younger cohorts getting sick - which is probably a social function of things like 'back school' and 'risky behaviours' among younger groups.

If we could get everyone 50+ vaccinated, we may be largely safe - maybe not 'back to normal safe' - but the combination of 'partial herd immunity', 'much lower rates of hospitalization' etc. may mean we can 'kind of get back to normal'.

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Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by C1sc0cat on Monday October 26, 2020 @09:10AM (#24895757)
Some of the longer term effects are scary though - I suspect that younger people might not be so blasé about chronic illness.

At minimum younger people who have had covid are looking at a lot more regular check-ups for the rest of there life.

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Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by logicchains on Monday October 26, 2020 @10:29AM (#24896506)
> Some of the longer term effects are scary though - I suspect that younger people might not be so blasé about chronic illness.

There's not a single peer-reviewed study showing a significantly higher frequency of long-term adverse effects in healthy individuals compared to other respiratory illnesses.

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Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by C1sc0cat on Monday October 26, 2020 @01:11PM (#24898473)
There's initial results that indicate that its likely - you wont get hard data for another decade plus - but take it from me you don't want to get CKD or similar organ damage.
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