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Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates by samuelstancl on Thursday January 27, 2022 @07:38AM (#30099784)
> If anecdotally there doesn't appear much difference in your circle, that's much weaker evidence

You can't compare studies looking at the population average with someone's specific social circle. Young people have a near-zero chance of getting severe disease anyway.

"substantial protection against severe disease with omicron" is irrelevant when the chance of severe disease is so low.

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Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates by res0nat0r on Thursday January 27, 2022 @12:54PM (#30103701)
COVID was the #1 cause of death in the USA in 2020. Not just for morbidly obese 70+ year olds etc. Anyone saying that something which has killed near 1 million people just in the USA in the last two years is a minor risk are just flat wrong.
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