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[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

They'll VERY likely be fine, and would be fine if they did nothing at all instead of ineffective or even harmful "alternative remedies". The reason COVID is such a bitch is that everyone gets it, so even if deaths are under a single percent of people infected that's millions of deaths. Add in all the seriously affected people who survive but need expensive/labor-intensive/lengthy medical care and you can see why it's a big deal.

These folks can get away with anecdotes about their horseshit saving them because COVID was unlikely to kill most of them anyways. They are, however, more likely to be more seriously ill for a longer period of time with worse "long COVID" symptoms. "They found initially and during recovery from symptomatic COVID-19, fully vaccinated participants had lower concentrations of inflammatory markers than unvaccinated participants, suggesting vaccination is associated with short-term and long-term reduction in inflammation, which could in part, explain the reduced disease severity, mortality and risk of long COVID in vaccinated individuals."

Vaccination is at least as much about shorter, less severe illness with less likelihood of long-term effects for survivors as it is about preventing death. So the Ivermectin user will probably survive (and thus will likely claim they never needed the vaccine), but they and the roommate will have a harder time of it than they would have otherwise both during and after infection.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

What really gets me is these people refuse to take the vaccines because they don't know what's in them, or because it has chemicals, or because they don't trust doctors/scientists/the government, yet they will take Ivermectin and bleach...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’ve never had it. Nor have my wife and son. But my daughter got it and isolated for two weeks with my wife. We’re all vaxed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I got you covered. Caught it three bloody times already.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Damn. I hope your long term symptoms are minimal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

First two times? Four months of depression. It suuucked. I was bracing for another round when I caught it for the third time, but luckily that time it was without long term complication, aside from being somewhat weak for a while.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Far out. Here’s hoping that it never happens again!