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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by ineedasername on Monday November 09, 2020 @10:33AM (#25035774)
I'm guessing you're saying that based on the number of people that remain asymptomatic &/or don't die, but you are incorrect.

We already know there is a strong possibility the virus has a negative effect on cognitive ability even in people who don't get any serious symptoms [0]

Those might go away. They might not. There could be other effects we're unware of. What we do know is that you're unlikely to find any expert on this who will unequivocally say "no longer term effects".

[0] https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.20.20215863v...

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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by lm28469 on Monday November 09, 2020 @10:38AM (#25035829)
> This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed
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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by ineedasername on Monday November 09, 2020 @11:34AM (#25036505)
Yes, which is why I said it was a possibility.

Pre-print or published or not, it presents evidence that shows it's incorrect to assert there are no longer term effects of COVID. Even if peer review shows flaws that invalidate this particular study, research into the full effects of COVID are still underway, and we simply don't have the data required to assert "no longer term effects for most people"

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