538: Biden's own fault he got Covid, has been too lax about pandemic

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I think the article is entirely correct, although I think they have a different way of viewing their own facts than I do. Trump got the virus so severely that he almost died, while Biden basically has a cold. That speaks more to the continued effectiveness of vaccines, including against BA.5, than anything else.

Not worth the potential for heart attacks/myocarditis/blood clots. Pass.

[MiddleRoad]

I think the article is entirely correct, although I think they have a different way of viewing their own facts than I do. Trump got the virus so severely that he almost died, while Biden basically has a cold. That speaks more to the continued effectiveness of vaccines, including against BA.5, than anything else.

Not worth the potential for heart attacks/myocarditis/blood clots. Pass.

Meanwhile the risk of those are exponentially higher from covid itself.

I had it during one of the stronger variants in the winter of 2020/2021, self treated with Tylenol, water and vitamin C, and I’m fine. Everyone I know who got jabbed ended up in the hospital with severe symptoms when they got Covid. Also can attest to a coworker of mine who nearly died from what seemed to be an anaphylactic type response to the first Jab (per her description of symptoms). Not everyone has presidential level health care. So, mask in public if I don’t feel well.

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I'm not "pro-pandemic." I want this pandemic to be over, but wishing it doesn't make it so. Quite frankly, I'm appalled that this D-majority site is so anti-mask. It's not a big inconvenience.

If most people were more willing to mask up we might not have as many stupid variants popping up on a near-monthly basis. But the reality is we were all going to get infected with a COVID-19 variant at some point. And Harry made a good point on non-immunocompromised unvaxxed people (bless their hearts) also being less likely to mask up in crowded spaces.

Don’t really know if Harry’s point is more than anecdote since it’s not really supported by statistics. As an unvaxxed person, I mask up if I’m not feeling well (or just stay home). My vaxxed peers do not mask at all. You can still catch and spread the virus even with the vaccine, so, this moral superiority of being vaccinated holds little water.