Post #1951557
2026-04-01 02:05 UTC
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@ConnyChiwa
> I just think that given this is a relatively new virus and we are still learning about the long-term effects we should be rather more cautious. We have vaccines available, why discourage people from getting them?
One could just as easily reverse this. These are relatively new vaccines so in the absence of a clear scientific consensus that they help, why encourage people to get them? At significant public expense I might add, putting aside the rare but known side effects.
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@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz 2026-04-01 02:09
(2/2) @ConnyChiwa > numbers on Long Covid (those are self-reported as per study design) and they are alarming I see no reason to be alarmed by self-reported numbers from what look like preliminary studies. Designed to map out the research space before designing more comprehensive studies. In the absence of any clear evidence that healthy people avoiding vaccine boosters increases their risk of infection, *and* the likelihood any infection will lead to Long COVID, these numbers are irrelevant.