[ExI] covid or cold?

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 at 06:40, Will Steinberg via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Nah, if you really get deep into internet communities you'll see even the
> vaxlovers are getting tired of this shit.
>
> I'm unvaxed and I still haven't gotten it.  I get enough sleep, don't
> stress much, and practice caloric restriction.  Same for my partner
>

Most people haven’t had COVID and most people who have had COVID did not
get sick enough to end up in hospital. No-one denies that. But people don’t
like the idea that there is a 1% chance of dying from it, even though it
means there is a 99% chance of not dying from it. If 1% of planes crashed
and killed their passengers, even the healthy ones who eat well and
exercise, air travel would not be popular.

On Fri, Dec 24, 2021, 12:34 AM Rafal Smigrodzki via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 12:05 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I keep hearing that the omicron variant looks and acts like a common
>>> cold.  If so, this is exactly what was predicted: eventually a killer-flu
>>> mutates into something more contagious and more benign.  What we still
>>> don’t know is if one brand of covid protects the catcher from the other
>>> brands.  If it does, then omicron is the end of this tragic nightmare.
>>>
>>
>> ### There is immunological cross-reactivity between various Covid
>> variants, so an infection provides some protection against reinfection by
>> multiple other variants. However, the tragic nightmare is a godsend to
>> poseurs and power-grabbers, so I wouldn't be too optimistic that a mere
>> lack of lethality will end it ;(
>>
>> Rafal
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