• Screamium@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Bear in mind those are death counts. The variants have become less deadly but that doesn’t mean they’re harmless

      • Dr. Coomer@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        I mean, no disease will never not be lethal, but that is considerable better than it was.

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                10 months ago

                Long covid doesn’t usually make you a vegetable or something. So it sounded quite extreme

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                  10 months ago

                  Being a vegetable isn’t the only negative QoL out there. If I have to take several breaks just walking to the mailbox, that doesn’t sound like any sort of quality of life to me.

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                    10 months ago

                    If you are out of shape you’d rather die than carry on living? Quite drastic if you ask me.

                    But what’s the likelihood of getting long covid and/or otherwise getting such a debilitating condition that you’d rather die? Can’t be too common