COVID-19 Outbreak Information Updates (Reboot) [over 150.000,000 US cases (est.), 6,422,520 US hospitilizations, 1,148,691 US deaths.]

Another article about why people shouldn’t try to intentionally catch Covid
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Many people have asked me the same question in recent days: If omicron is a milder variant, and contracting it provides additional immunity, why not get it over with?

Even previously cautious individuals are asking whether they should intentionally expose themselves to covid-19. If they’re going to get the coronavirus sooner or later, why not get it now?


I understand people’s weariness with the pandemic and continue to believe that the vaccinated should not have restrictions imposed on them.

But here are four reasons people shouldn’t deliberately try to catch the coronavirus:


Hospitals are full. It is true that omicron is milder than previous variants. The vast majority of vaccinated and boosted people will not end up hospitalized if they are infected. But some will become severely ill.

Hospitals are at or over capacity in many parts of the country, and hospitalizations from covid-19 have just exceeded the previous peak from last winter.

If you are sick enough to need care, you may have to wait hours in the emergency room for treatment and then spend days in the ER waiting for a hospital bed…….

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...cron-get-it-over-with-heres-why-you-shouldnt/