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That's pathetic, you should do actual due diligence before spouting such presumptions so confidently
Why not read the study?
Earth at risk: An urgent call to end the age of destruction and forge a just and sustainable future

Abstract. Human development has ushered in an era of converging crises: climate change, ecological destruction, disease, pollution, and socioeconomic inequ

OUP Academic

It does.

Not even the CDC claims that it does. "The primary goal of the COVID-19 vaccination program is to prevent severe illness and death" and "symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection," not asymptomatic infection (which is far from harmless)

COVID-19 Vaccination

COVID-19 vaccines protect against COVID-19. Get safety info and more.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Don't claim there is proof that it wasn't without providing said proof

As far as I'm aware, it is far from settled when cases first appeared in the US

@erikalyn I've never met a "swing" vaxxer, or anyone on the fence about getting a vaccine, personally. It's ridiculously polarizing. But if I did meet such a person, I would advocate for going above and beyond just vaccination -- we need to filter the virus from the air as well, either as it enters our lungs (by wearing respirators) or before it enters our lungs (by using air purifiers)

You might live in a bubble, because covid is everywhere

Rapid tests that rely on nasal swabs are prone to false negatives, so a lot of people get mild symptoms like sniffles or an itchy throat, test negative, and then assume they don't have covid when they actually might

Mild symptoms don't mean mild disease, either -- there are people who never show symptoms and still end up with vascular damage. It's never a good idea to only judge a virus by its acute symptoms

Study: At-Home Rapid COVID Tests May Miss Many Infections

Researchers in the lab of Rustem Ismagilov have found that COVID tests that rely on rapid nasal swabs can be prone to false negatives during early infection.

California Institute of Technology
@jessecoynelson you seem a little obsessed with me
@jessecoynelson I'm so sorry for making a kbin.social account and then linking my mastodon account in my bio, how egregious

@Nazareno catching covid does not "build" your immune system. Infection-based immunity is extraordinarily fleeting and does not pay dividends on the damage the virus has already done, even in asymptomatic infections (which you may have had). Symptoms are not the same as underlying disease. HIV is famous for starting as a cold and then doing all of its damage silently

Furthermore, the immune system is not analogous to a muscle that needs to be used to be kept in shape, and the complete opposite is true -- there is no material benefit to any amount of viral infections. The immune system stays stronger the less it is activated, because it is ultimately a finite resource

With SARS-CoV-2 in particular, there is evidence that it sticks around and causes chronic T cell activation. There are only so many naive/undifferentiated T cells the thymus can supply before it shrinks (it normally shrinks with age)

Yet disabilities keep climbing, right in step with warnings about covid's long-term effects: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU00074597
Population - With a Disability, 16 Years and over

Graph and download economic data for Population - With a Disability, 16 Years and over (LNU00074597) from Jun 2008 to Aug 2025 about disability, civilian, 16 years +, population, and USA.