>many people are trying to milk Covid concerns merely to continue working from home or reaping other benefits that they value
How is this "milking" anything? The last few years have proved that lots of white collar jobs don't need to be done from an office building.
>Other than putting humanity in a total economic death spiral (that will be many times worse than Covid) I'm not sure what else can be done to give immunocompromised people a better situation.
This is a false dichotomy. The science is clear on this one. Continue wearing masks in public places, physical distancing, practicing basic hygiene, and continue requiring vaccinations. Yes, all of those things are proven to reduce transmission of COVID as well as other airborne viruses like the flu. Society doesn't need to shut down or enter a "death spiral" to do any of them. Leaders just caved to political pressure and stopped enforcing them.
>are genuinely trying to go out and live their lives as normally as they can and trying not to be a slave to their illness.
Yes, and they probably still have to wear masks and avoid certain places that are likely to carry an increased risk of infection. "Not being a slave to the illness" doesn't mean you go out and take stupid risks.
>Has anything qualitatively changed for immunocompromised people with Covid?
Yes, COVID is significantly more contagious than influenza, and causes more severe illness than influenza.
How is this "milking" anything? The last few years have proved that lots of white collar jobs don't need to be done from an office building.
>Other than putting humanity in a total economic death spiral (that will be many times worse than Covid) I'm not sure what else can be done to give immunocompromised people a better situation.
This is a false dichotomy. The science is clear on this one. Continue wearing masks in public places, physical distancing, practicing basic hygiene, and continue requiring vaccinations. Yes, all of those things are proven to reduce transmission of COVID as well as other airborne viruses like the flu. Society doesn't need to shut down or enter a "death spiral" to do any of them. Leaders just caved to political pressure and stopped enforcing them.
>are genuinely trying to go out and live their lives as normally as they can and trying not to be a slave to their illness.
Yes, and they probably still have to wear masks and avoid certain places that are likely to carry an increased risk of infection. "Not being a slave to the illness" doesn't mean you go out and take stupid risks.
>Has anything qualitatively changed for immunocompromised people with Covid?
Yes, COVID is significantly more contagious than influenza, and causes more severe illness than influenza.