MicroWaveAug 25, 2023

COVID boosters are still weeks away as cases surge in the U.S.

https://lemmy.world/post/3812222

COVID boosters are still weeks away as cases surge in the U.S. - Lemmy.world

As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations creep up during a summer wave of heightened virus activity, updated vaccines are still likely weeks away. Why it matters: - Americans have largely tuned out COVID, but the latest COVID uptick is a reminder that the virus continues to circulate and mutate — though the threat is far below pandemic-era levels. - Health officials face a challenge convincing a pandemic-fatigued public to get an updated COVID shot, as vaccine uptake has declined with each successive booster.

Show threaduberriceAug 25, 2023

Fun fact: Corona is basically like the flu now. People die from the flu. People die from corona.

Do you make big news out of people not getting a flu shot?

It’s a personal risk assessment.

Show threadBiptaAug 25, 2023
COVID disables healthy people in a way the flu does not.
Show threadPetDinosaursAug 25, 2023

The flu absolutely kills healthy, young individuals.

I personally know an otherwise healthy 18 year old who died of the flu.

Show threadSauceBossSmokinAug 25, 2023
OP said “disables” not “kills” so your comment doesn’t actually address OP’s comment. Long COVID is way more common than any after effects from the flu.
Show threadPetDinosaursAug 25, 2023
And you think that a disease that kills healthy young people doesn’t also disable them?
Show threaddorkian_grayAug 25, 2023

You do know we can spot non-sequiturs, and that they make you look stupid, right? You did that because you don’t have an answer, so you just twisted their words in a weak attempt to mock them.

COVID causes long COVID. I’ve never heard of “long flu” because it doesn’t exist. As far as actual death goes, the flu killed 608 people in 2022. COVID killed OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION in the same time period. Two hundred and sixty seven thousand of my countrymen. You fucking clown.

Show threadfreeindvAug 26, 2023
Post viral syndrome is not unique to covid, and is typically minor and short lived
Show threaddorkian_gray
It is not short-lived or mild with COVID which is kind of the whole point here.
Aug 26, 2023 at 1:59amWeb