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Prof Christina Pagel Dec 8, 2022

I wrote a piece with @[email protected] @TheConversationUK on this.

It's important to delay #Covid infection AND it's doable.

Full article here:
https://theconversation.com/covid-treatments-and-prevention-are-still-improving-so-the-longer-you-can-avoid-it-the-better-192140

COVID treatments and prevention are still improving – so the longer you can avoid it the better

There seems to be increased complacency around continued COVID infections, and even an attitude that they don’t matter. But they do – and we can reduce the risk.

The Conversation

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Prof Christina Pagel Dec 8, 2022

Firstly, #Covid infections are not risk free. Even after prev infection & vaccination, you can still get pretty sick or develop long covid. Risk of longer term issues also higher. Plus not everyone has had it yet and the CEV community remain at much higher risk.

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Pamela Ehn

@chrischirp I follow the data posted on globalepidemics.org. And it’s BAD out there, folks! I’ve been vigilant about masking because I not only did not want to get re-infected, I didn’t want to re-infect my cats, one of whom died of long COVID. While the vaccine reversed most of my long COVID symptoms, COVID left me with asthma that is far more reactive, so not taking risks.