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Internetolocutor t1_j18mkbe wrote

Reply to comment by itguy18 in Physical activity before COVID-19 infection is associated with less severe outcomes. In a study of 194,191 adults with COVID-19, those who were consistently inactive were 191% more likely to be hospitalized and 391% more likely to die than those who were consistently active. by glawgii

Can you show me someone who is shocked?

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watabadidea t1_j1937j4 wrote

Were you active on reddit in late 2020 and early 2021? Saying that covid didn't carry some massive mortality risk for young, healthy Americans would get you labeled as a COVID denier pretty quickly and put you at risk of catching a ban in plenty of subs.

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Internetolocutor t1_j19int7 wrote

I had a previous Reddit account before I switched phones I forgot my details and I saw people mention things like this but the difference is that they would often say the vaccine is much worse not just in kids but also young adults and the reality is that it wasn't true. The vaccine is only worse in young men for myocarditis, marginally. But it's much better for things like pericarditis, heart failure and survival outcomes. On balance the vaccine is better, but how much better obviously decreases as you got younger and healthier. But it always remained better.

If people just said that in young, healthy adults, it isn't quite as useful as in older ones therefore the vaccine is not as much of an imperative then that would be fine. The problem is that they usually went further than that and said therefore don't take the vaccine.

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