Really good comment, C.T.B. The prevailing wisdom seems to be that vaccination is supposed to keep one out of the hospital, but not necessarily from getting sick. But, that doesn't really seem to account for how different COVID is from, say, the flu. COVID seems to be the perfect storm; not that bad for most people, certainly not bad eno…
Really good comment, C.T.B. The prevailing wisdom seems to be that vaccination is supposed to keep one out of the hospital, but not necessarily from getting sick. But, that doesn't really seem to account for how different COVID is from, say, the flu. COVID seems to be the perfect storm; not that bad for most people, certainly not bad enough to have bodies lying in the streets (anymore, for current variants). But, it's much more debilitating and costly (short and long term) than endemic first -world infections have been for maybe more than a century. Unfortunately, misinformation and extreme polarization don't make already difficult risk and cost-benefit choices any easier...
Really good comment, C.T.B. The prevailing wisdom seems to be that vaccination is supposed to keep one out of the hospital, but not necessarily from getting sick. But, that doesn't really seem to account for how different COVID is from, say, the flu. COVID seems to be the perfect storm; not that bad for most people, certainly not bad enough to have bodies lying in the streets (anymore, for current variants). But, it's much more debilitating and costly (short and long term) than endemic first -world infections have been for maybe more than a century. Unfortunately, misinformation and extreme polarization don't make already difficult risk and cost-benefit choices any easier...