The original poster was discussing the OpenPGP feature. The U2F feature of YubiKey wasn't compromised by the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is real and still exists. There was even someone in this HN thread that was planning to use an old key fob Arstechnica sent him, specifically for the OpenPGP feature.
I should have split my backup and vulnerability comments into two, because they've sparked two unrelated debates. It started out as such a simple comment! :)