By fully vaccinated, I mean boostered, too. Asking for reference to how worried I should be about some people
Probably not very much, slight fatigue or a mild cold, if you get sick at all. Worse case scenario obviously it just hits you different and you die, but triple vaccinated and no comorbidities your chances of that are win-the lottery low
It’s still sort of unknown exactly what the long-term risks are, but short-term you’re pretty unlikely to have a bad response if you’re actually healthy
assuming no major co-morbidities, if you display symptoms you get a mild cold with a persistent cough. loss of taste/smell is a worse scenario bc it means you are taking brain dmg, worst case without outliers is severe flu + persistent cough. with outliers it would be a hospital trip + long recovery
Don’t fall for the “How does it affect me personally” trap. Immunocompromised people like myself depend on healthy people to take it seriously and try to not just avoid undesirable symptoms for themselves, but to avoid the spread of it, too.
absolutely, i definitely don’t want to downplay that. just using the answers here as a frame of reference
Very very low risk of hospitalization. So almost certainlymild, but mild can be anything from the sniffles and sore throat to feeling like you have a flu for a week.
But every time you get covid you’re playing Russian roulette. Vaccination just greatly lowers your risk. You’ll also want to avoid reinfections if possible, as it’s hard on your immune system. Stay up to date on vaccinations so you always have antibodies. And no, an infection doesn’t give you “super immunity”, it doesn’t protect you more than a vaccination.
Relying on T cell memory to cure a covid infection is incredibly ill advised. I’ve seen a lot of people in other places say they are done with vaccinations because their body knows how to fight the virus and can rely on t cells or whatever. T cells kill infected cells, and since covid can infect just about every part of your body, that means potential organ damage. As well as t cell depletion.
The virus is inherently dangerous, it’s not just because our bodies haven’t been exposed to it. Letting it run rampant is the dumbest way our society could deal with it. Like trying to cure polio by giving everyone polio.
