Re:EU scientists reveal long-term brain damage caused by Covid
by orra on Sunday October 24, 2021 @10:18AM
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Glad she survived. As you say, these things are statistical, not guaranteed, but vaccination massively improves your odds.
I know of a few people who can't be older than their ?late fifties? or early sixties? that caught COVID. It was horrendous for them, despite them having the fortune to be double vaccinated.
Re:EU scientists reveal long-term brain damage caused by Covid
by tdfx on Sunday October 24, 2021 @09:47AM
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> Not catching Covid is great, we're all hoping for that.
I don't think that's a long term option at this point, unless you continue to quarantine yourself for the rest of your life.
Re:EU scientists reveal long-term brain damage caused by Covid
by orra on Sunday October 24, 2021 @10:29AM
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Eh, I don't think we can say that with certainty. We know that vaccination is driving down cases. It really feels borderline whether it's enough for herd immunity.
(Rich) countries are already rolling out third doses, at least for the most vulnerable. Longer term, we'll have revised vaccines, even more effective against Delta.
Maybe you're right, we can't avoid catching COVID long term. But if that's the case, hopefully its severity is (even further) attenuated by then, due to further vaccination.
It's impossible for me to know for certain, people who are that high risk do still die post-vaccination. And obviously not all of them die when catching Covid even if they haven't been vaccinated. But I do credit the vaccination for potentially saving her life. She was in intensive care for a single day and never had to be put on a ventilator. It was only briefly touch-and-go, within 24 hours we knew that she was going to live.
Not catching Covid is great, we're all hoping for that. But when my family got the news that she was stable, that felt really good. It's not even just about stabilizing; there was a brief period where she wasn't lucid, and then it became obvious that she was getting more lucid and was going to recover and that she was recognizing people again.
Reducing severity really matters. You're still playing a statistical game, nothing is certain, but... when someone you care about is in the hospital, statistics become important to you.