To everyone who throws around the argument that "only x% of people infected with COVID die", please consider that many survivors are still experiencing major relapses 4 months later [0].
If you're guided only by selfish motives (as I suspect most of us are), at least consider the following:
- You'll likely experience internal organ pain so excruciating it feels like you're dying.
- There's rapidly growing evidence that significant damage occurs not just to the lungs but also the penis(!!!), heart, and brain. This occurs EVEN in asymptomatic cases.
- Organ damage may be permanent.
- There's a good chance you'll be so sick you can't work for a good chunk of the year.
And based on the literature + anecdotal experiences I've read, this stuff is happening to some of the fittest people in society (regular gym goers, triathlon participants, people in their teens/20s/30s, etc).
If you're guided only by selfish motives (as I suspect most of us are), at least consider the following: - You'll likely experience internal organ pain so excruciating it feels like you're dying. - There's rapidly growing evidence that significant damage occurs not just to the lungs but also the penis(!!!), heart, and brain. This occurs EVEN in asymptomatic cases. - Organ damage may be permanent. - There's a good chance you'll be so sick you can't work for a good chunk of the year.
And based on the literature + anecdotal experiences I've read, this stuff is happening to some of the fittest people in society (regular gym goers, triathlon participants, people in their teens/20s/30s, etc).
[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19positive/