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hitman2218 t1_jbz0kgj wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Covid vaccine doses go to waste in Switzerland amid huge stockpile by aaaronbrown

I think it’s just that people don’t feel threatened by Covid anymore. The omicron variant is milder than the previous variants so there’s less urgency to get the shot.

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Brushies10-4 t1_jbz6qbu wrote

I got 4 shots in total and while I always lived my life like normal I think a 5th isn’t in my future. I don’t know the last time someone I knew was positive and even if they were it’s apparently not as contagious or severe by a significant margin. Maybe I’ll keep getting a booster with my flu shot but that’d be about it.

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morbidbutwhoisnt t1_jbzcv3h wrote

Almost all my co-workers work from home and at least one is positive every couple weeks. Every few weeks one will be pretty sick. If they weren't vaccinated that would be really sick.

I watch a lot of YouTube, every few weeks another YouTuber I like will be pretty sick with Covid.

I'm not sure where you are but I still see covid around a lot

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pegothejerk t1_jbzf8q8 wrote

It’s still kicking ass in the server industry here in Oklahoma, too, staff is mostly back up to normal except when it hits, then places pull staff from each other to fill in for a week or so.

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dogsent t1_jbzjibv wrote

People are still testing positive and isolating around us. Most report mild symptoms. Thing is, we don’t know about long-term effects yet. Also, some people can have more severe symptoms.

I didn't get a cold or have the flu while wearing a mask the last couple winters, so I'm going to keep wearing a mask in the grocery store.

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Narren_C t1_jc18agh wrote

One common claim I see from the lockdown days was "they were counting flu cases as COVID cases."

Their evidence is the fact that flu cases plummeted while covid cases rose. They can't seem to grasp the fact that when the whole damn country shuts down and people wear masks everywhere and disinfect every surface all day long that flu cases will go down. It would be weird as hell if they DIDN'T go down.

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Narren_C t1_jc18567 wrote

It's still around, but it seems like it isn't killing a bunch of people any more. At least I'm not hearing about it, I don't actually know what the numbers are.

But if the symptoms are less severe than they used to be, I imagine people aren't going to be so concerned anymore.

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5zepp t1_jc1y4zg wrote

~32,000 weekly average, around 1 in 10,000.

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Narren_C t1_jc1z3yj wrote

Damn. I guess we just stopped talking about it.

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5zepp t1_jc25qls wrote

I mean, that's a pretty low frequency. But if you are exposed to 800 people a month then you'll be exposed to covid once a year at these numbers. Just spitballing.

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01123spiral5813 t1_jbzvo4d wrote

> Maybe I’ll keep getting a booster with my flu shot

That’s what I plan on. Just combine a quadrivalent flu shot and covid booster combo and I’ll get that once a year.

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Skellum t1_jc0v1a2 wrote

Ditto, I used to be meh on the yearly flu shot but hey I can pick stuff up at Costco while getting it done so may as well.

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5zepp t1_jc1xxf3 wrote

I still hear of plenty of positives, and my parents had their asses kicked by covid recently for nearly a month, but overall the numbers are low, like 1 in 10,000 people weekly average. But can suck if you get it.

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Legitimate_Button_14 t1_jc1ns15 wrote

I’m at a small company - 11 people. Seems like someone is coming down with it every month or so. Same thing with my friends . It does seem to be a lot milder. I did have the latest booster but I also get my flu shots yearly.

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CactusBoyScout t1_jbzu6z2 wrote

I just got COVID for the first time last Saturday. It’s no joke and I’ve had all the boosters.

I’m in my thirties and have no compounding health issues but it was still very unpleasant even if I was never afraid of dying thanks to the shots.

But I’m told the first infection is usually a doozy. Still haven’t fully gotten my appetite back.

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lurkerfromstoneage t1_jc0joef wrote

Same. “Finally” got it late this past January. XBB variant I believe. Think I got it from our gym. I may have had a mild case March 2020 but can’t know for sure. One day woke up, felt headachy and woozy, then by mid day BAM felt like absolute shit. Chills, muscle aches, nausea. Then that was gone the next day but turned to a bad cough. That chronic cough and chest heaviness hit me hard for a solid week. Lost taste and smell too. Difficulty with deep breathing, intermittent shakiness, minor phlegm… looked fine and felt fine otherwise. Got over it after one week but did not recover breathing and some scattered chest tightness for a good month. Healthy, fit, no health concerns, no “vices,” no genetic diseases at all. No, it’s not “mild.” Just because you don’t die doesn’t mean it’s not concerning. You don’t want it. It’s not a normal cold like people say it is (still). I can absolutely see how scary it would be for someone compromised already, not that I ever doubted that. Hope you fully recover asap

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Bitter_Director1231 t1_jc25xi6 wrote

I had COVID back in December. Had all my shots...5 of them. Got very sick, took Pax, got better. Still have residual effects from it in March. It's a real humdinger.

My wife had it took. Still residual stuff from it.

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fkgallwboob t1_jc0wtvv wrote

I got covid last year, haven't been vaccinated and only had a sore throat for a week. Anecdotally, symptoms will be all over the place.

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5zepp t1_jc1yb35 wrote

But trend fairly worse than you experienced.

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MeatsimPD t1_jc24q0j wrote

> The omicron variant is milder than the previous variants so there’s less urgency to get the shot.

Which ironically has made it deadlier because it spreads easier and thus infects more people. Even if a smaller.percentage of them die it's overall deadlier than previous variants in that sense

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canada432 t1_jc2g5wf wrote

> The omicron variant is milder than the previous variants so there’s less urgency to get the shot.

I welcome correction if I'm wrong here, but my understanding is that Omicron isn't actually milder. It's milder than Delta was, but it's about the same as the original strain. It seems so much milder because people are vaccinated now, have had it already, or died from it in one of the earlier waves if they were especially susceptible. For those who aren't vaccinated, catching omicron is about as dangerous as the original wave.

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thegroovemonkey t1_jbzp188 wrote

I kept meaning to get it and thought I would get a booster with my flu shot but the doctor's office didn't have any or something. Then I got COVID and had no symptoms so I'll try to remember to get a booster in summer.

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