It's like worrying about the long-term impact of breathing fire extinguisher powder while being engulfed by flames.
In nearly all other aspects of life, inflicting harm on others results in some sort of liability. Unsafe activities are regulated. However, in this time of massive death, massive hospitalization, massive long term health complications, basic safety is being thrown out the window to appease political tribalism.
Depending on where you live and who your political alignment is, the government is absolutely compelling you to get COVID.
But the local fire department isn't doing anything about it. Nobody around here is installing sprinklers as a precaution. They act like there is no fire at all.
Covid is a serious thing. But "engulfed by flames" is the exact overstatement that causes people to question the motivation of fear-mongers.
I'm vaccinated. I wear a mask. I think too many people are whipping up a frenzy for profit. Why don't we lockdown our highways when there are 600,000 deaths from auto accidents? Why not lockdown breweries when there are 2 million drunk-driving incidents? Why isn't there a frenzy over influenza?
Covid frenzy has a better marketing campaign. It's the kind of thing that has people claiming we are "engulfed by flames" when things get smoky.
We mandate seat belts, air bags, guard rails, road construction standards, backup cameras, crumple zones, and quite a few other elements involved in road safety. Per-mile road deaths have been on a precipitous decline for decades due to ongoing increases in safety mandates.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in...
500000 hospitalizations (influenza)?
What deserves such incredible non-stop daily attention? Answer: whatever makes the most money.
GPs point is: compared to other drama, covid's hype seems out of proportion. I agree.
She's never had to do that because of a bad flu season. More than 90% of the adults in the hospital for COVID and 100% of the kids are unvaccinated.
People wouldn't even be discussing shutting down schools and businesses to get this under control if we had a 90% vaccination rate.
