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Re:Vaccines and Omicron mean Covid now less deadly than flu ... by awb on Thursday March 10, 2022 @07:03PM (#30634357)
That’s true. It’s a cost/benefit, risk/reward calculation that everyone needs to make.
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Re:Vaccines and Omicron mean Covid now less deadly than flu ... by tptacek on Thursday March 10, 2022 @07:34PM (#30634649)
The subtext on all these discussions is generally mandates, so we're talking about a risk/reward calculation made on our behalf, not by us individually.
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Re:Vaccines and Omicron mean Covid now less deadly than flu ... by awb on Thursday March 10, 2022 @07:52PM (#30634802)
Yeah societies have to continually make decisions for the benefit of the group that affect the individual.

Taxes, military, traffic laws, etc.

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