Omicron vaccine is coming but may not matter–everybody’s going to be infected

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3 points·mrkramer··7 comments

I mean, I'm not sure that the premise is correct. Even if everyone's infected by March, re-infection will be a concern. It could be quite useful if omicron hangs around for a while (or if whatever replaces omicron is also susceptible). "We don't know if this will be useful yet" would probably be better framing.

>Even if everyone's infected by March, re-infection will be a concern.

Natural antibodies last for few months if not longer. My suggestion would be if you have any underlying condition wear mask and keep distance plus take Vitamin D. Speaking of vaccination it is personal choice and responsibility.

Well, hopefully. We really don't know that for Omicron yet, not for sure. But, well, March is a few months away. By the time this is available in quantity (if it ever becomes so; it'll likely never be made in large quantities if Omicron gets replaced quickly by something which it isn't effective on), immunity from the current wave may well be waning.

I’m not planning on being infected. I hear this same fatalism about herpes and divorce. Why encourage bad behavior?

Because it's not bad. It's saving you from getting a dangerous variant, like Delta.

And you cannot really plan to not get infected, everybody will.

>Why encourage bad behavior?

I agree with you that bad behavior should not be encouraged but then again why are alcohol, cigarettes and sugar heavy food and beverages legal?

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