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by milansm 1655 days ago
Can someone tell if this would be a good personal/societal strategy: once you had covid, or fully vaxxed, it’s much better to be among other people, to be exposed to the virus and continuously train your immune system.
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Much of that depends on who else you’re exposing. I have to be careful because I’m helping my elderly mother, and no amount of vaccination can fully protect older individuals in poor health.

If I didn’t have to worry about other people, I’d feel much more comfortable with my current vaccination status.

in this layman's view of similar past events that seems to be exactly what happens. look at previous pandemics - Russian, Spanish, Hong Kong. Very similar infection and mortality waves; elderly, predisposed, poor health were the first casualties. as it made its rounds the rest developed immunity over time, along with children being incredibly resilient. as the population turns over those with immunity have low impact encounters. The corresponding viruses from those pandemics continue to circulate today as seasonal flu and cold strains. just my 2 cents.