Covid Omicron has gone viral (sorry) and it looks like we may all get it eventually as the ‘pandemic’ moves to an ‘endemic’. It may be tempting to go out and get Covid intentionally, just to get it over with, just like they did in the days of chicken pox parties. It may be tempting, yes, but it’s a bad idea and here’s why…
Want to get omicron and just get it over with? Here’s why that’s a bad idea, Allison Aubrey on NPR, Jan 2022
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You could get sicker than you want to
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You could spread the virus to vulnerable people
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Your immunity will last months — not years
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You could add to the crisis in the health care system
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If you get sick now, you may not have access to treatments that are still in short supply
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The chances of getting long COVID after omicron haven’t been ruled out
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And here are some of the many other groups echoing NPR’s advice. Be careful.
5 reasons you should not deliberately catch Omicron to ‘get it over with’. Sandee Lamotte on CNN Health, Jan 2022
Trying to catch omicron to get over COVID is ‘like playing with dynamite,’ doctor warns, Kaitlyn Alanis in Miami Herals, Jan 2022
Want to just get omicron and get it over with? Here’s why you shouldn’t, Leana Wen in Washington Post, Jan 2022
It doesn’t matter if your vehicle is running great if YOU aren’t, so we bring you Health Notes each month to keep you in shape. Two of our favorites from 2021 were the announcement of 20/20 vision from an eyedrop and something we’d thought wouldn’t have needed to be said… “Just say ‘no’ to unknown injections from strangers in parks”
