KingKudzu117 t1_j0phi1j wrote on December 18, 2022 at 1:14 PM

Reply to comment by Complex_Experience83 in Cambridge scientists have shown that a widely-used drug to treat liver disease can prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection or reduce COVID-19 severity by hot

Yes there is a way to know. It’s called the scientific method. The original lineage of CoV2 was extremely bad. Our immune systems were not able to mount a sufficient response without significant viral load. The vaccine saved hundreds of thousands of lives and prevented serious illness in millions. There’s a significant disinformation campaign out to revise history and discredit the vaccines. https://www.factcheck.org/2022/08/scicheck-widespread-claims-misrepresent-effectiveness-of-covid-19-vaccines/

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2108891

TheTrueSleuth t1_j0pp37i wrote on December 18, 2022 at 2:25 PM

you're not gonna believe me but my whole family, mother father and brother, have never been vax'd and all got the Alpha version and fought it off fine.

jamehthebunneh t1_j0prdd6 wrote on December 18, 2022 at 2:45 PM

The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".

wtgreen t1_j0ps6dn wrote on December 18, 2022 at 2:51 PM

I had covid twice before vaccines were available and it was generally mild... I continued working - from home - and even was able to workout most of the time, though I definitely had some trouble catching my breath.

Just because your family and I had no trouble from covid doesn't dismiss the huge numbers of people that did, and it's that massive impact world-wide that qualified it as a health emergency. My daughter worked in ICUs around the country during covid. She shared the awful despair she saw daily. Places were overwhelmed and PPE, staff, bed and equipment shortages made the suffering worse, as did coworkers and colleagues getting sick and turning into patients. Yeah... my experience was mild and it was for many, but that doesn't change the fact that millions died world-wide.

TheTrueSleuth t1_j0s2f2w wrote on December 19, 2022 at 12:02 AM

I didn't say it changed that fact but that doesn't mean it's a death sentence by any means any more than the flu. Some people just have better stock. Stronger, apparently. I cannot explain it.