Optimus Prime said

I remember reading about Covid parties happening in the early weeks of the pandemic
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Experts have warned against trying to catch Omicron at so-called COVID-19 parties following reports of people attempting to deliberately contract the disease.

"I've heard some very scary stories about parties of people and trying to get infected. That is very unsafe," Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, technical COVID-19 lead at the World Health Organization, said in a briefing Tuesday.

Reports have emerged from around the world of people trying to catch the virus for reasons including obtaining natural immunity or to obtain health certificates without having to get a vaccine. Others have reportedly tried to catch the virus in an attempt to avoid disruption to future events. Switzerland made so-called COVID-19 parties illegal, local news reported on December 23.

Experts warned against the perception that the dominant Omicron variant results in milder disease as a reason for people to think it is safe to try to get themselves infected.

Dr. Robert Murphy, executive director of the Havey Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, told CNN that intentionally getting COVID-19 had caught on "like wildfire".

"And it's widespread, coming from all types of people, the vaccinated and boosted and the anti-vaxxers," he said Tuesday. "You'd be crazy to try to get infected with this. It's like playing with dynamite," he added..............

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/me...-health-experts-warn/ar-AASI35p?ocid=msedgntp

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Optimus Prime said

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/

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