'… we have people who claim COVID is still as bad as it was in 2020’. Who exactly claims that? I have not seen that claim from any of the people I follow, some of whom continue to mask (as I often do). Most of those continuing to mask and continuing to express concern about COVID focus on the risks of long COVID and other long term effects. I feel like you’re presenting a straw man here. But by all means correct me if I’m wrong.
Although it's an extreme position (as I say), there are still lots of posts on platforms like Twitter claiming "covid is as dangerous as ever" or similar.
And I have seen none of those people claim that vaccines are not effective. Rather they claim the opposite and are often up to date on their vaccines (again, as I am).
Um, yeah, I'm not seeing anyone claiming covid post-vax is as bad as 2020. Folks who remain concerned about SARS2 are concerned about PASC. They're also concerned for the people for whom a case of SARS could be harmful in spite of immunization, especially with all NPI dropped.
Covid-conscious folks know full well that immunization does an excellent job (for most but not all people) at preventing severe outcomes in the acute phase, but can't be relied on to prevent infection.
I’ve added a note at bottom of post, as this also came up on above comment. It might seem implausible, but there are people making this extreme claim. They’re not just saying COVID still comes with some risk and particularly among certain groups (which is true), they’re saying the risk is unchanged from the start of the pandemic (which is not the case).
'… we have people who claim COVID is still as bad as it was in 2020’. Who exactly claims that? I have not seen that claim from any of the people I follow, some of whom continue to mask (as I often do). Most of those continuing to mask and continuing to express concern about COVID focus on the risks of long COVID and other long term effects. I feel like you’re presenting a straw man here. But by all means correct me if I’m wrong.
Although it's an extreme position (as I say), there are still lots of posts on platforms like Twitter claiming "covid is as dangerous as ever" or similar.
Well that might explain why I haven’t seen it. I ditched Twitter some time ago. Thanks for the response.
And I have seen none of those people claim that vaccines are not effective. Rather they claim the opposite and are often up to date on their vaccines (again, as I am).
Um, yeah, I'm not seeing anyone claiming covid post-vax is as bad as 2020. Folks who remain concerned about SARS2 are concerned about PASC. They're also concerned for the people for whom a case of SARS could be harmful in spite of immunization, especially with all NPI dropped.
Covid-conscious folks know full well that immunization does an excellent job (for most but not all people) at preventing severe outcomes in the acute phase, but can't be relied on to prevent infection.
I’ve added a note at bottom of post, as this also came up on above comment. It might seem implausible, but there are people making this extreme claim. They’re not just saying COVID still comes with some risk and particularly among certain groups (which is true), they’re saying the risk is unchanged from the start of the pandemic (which is not the case).