Re:Delta does not appear to make children sicker
by glogla on Saturday October 09, 2021 @10:12AM
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This is just standard anti-vax bullshit.
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Re:Delta does not appear to make children sicker
by kybernetyk on Saturday October 09, 2021 @10:19AM
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Why? Please elaborate why you consider this bullshit. I mean making personal decisions based on personal risk is seldom considered "bullshit". Why is it bullshit in this case? Because the TV says so?
Re:Delta does not appear to make children sicker
by glogla on Saturday October 09, 2021 @10:28AM
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Because if you get needlessly infected, you are almost sure to infect others. You choices impact other people.
Framing it as a personal choice is selfish and disingenuous. It is no more personal choice than dumping toxic waste into a river or firing a gun in random direction in public.
There are people who legitimately can't get vaccinated for medical reasons - but those are rarely the ones using the personal choice argument, are they?
Re:Delta does not appear to make children sicker
by kybernetyk on Saturday October 09, 2021 @11:08AM
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But vaccinated still spread the virus. So it’s just personal risk to not get vaccinated.
Re:Delta does not appear to make children sicker
by op00to on Saturday October 09, 2021 @10:24AM
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It’s bullshit because the risk for heart complications is higher if you get COVID than if you get the shot. This is simple math.
Re:Delta does not appear to make children sicker
by kybernetyk on Saturday October 09, 2021 @11:10AM
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But those simple math calculations don’t factor in the chance of getting corona in the first place. 2 years in the pandemic and I only know 3 people who got corona.
People act as if it was 100% certain one would get corona.
Re:Delta does not appear to make children sicker
by nradov on Saturday October 09, 2021 @04:08PM
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The Delta variant is sufficiently contagious that all of us can expect to be exposed multiple times in our lives. Just like what typically happens with the other endemic coronaviruses.
https://www.businessinsider.com/delta-variant-made-herd-immu...
Only a subset of those infected will experience clinically significant symptoms. Probably more than 3 of your acquaintances have had it but didn't even know it, maybe just felt a little tired for a few days.
Re:Delta does not appear to make children sicker
by lostmsu on Saturday October 09, 2021 @11:57AM
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So let's assume you know 10000 people. COVID risk of death is 1 in 100. The chance you'll be next and die is 1 per 1M. As mentioned above the chance of blood clots from the vaccines is about 1 per 40M.
Re:Delta does not appear to make children sicker
by wizard-beta on Saturday October 09, 2021 @10:15AM
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Not an argument