To Think People Have No Idea How Covid Messaging Has Changed

[Sunshineguy]

The CDC, HHS, and WHO are warning that Covid infections can get progressively worse and that the risk of Long Covid increases with each reinfection. Are people aware of this change in messaging?

It’s a fearmongering vaccination push, surely you can see that?

And slightly pointless as most of the general population aren't eligible for any more vaccines

i think there are more and more people deciding to no longer vaccinate against it when they are entitled to

Well that may be true. But how am I supposed to avoid catching it these days? Without giving up my job and isolating the whole family at home for something that might happen. We are all vaccinated, test when we've got bad colds to make sure we don't pass it on, but I don't know what else I can do.

Scaremongering nonsense.
I work a school -loads of people have Covid but just carry on /it’s just another winter virus.

Last time I had covid I only had an annoying cough! Not at all as bad as first time, have only had immunisations.

Oh jeez, out come the anti-vaxxers

The vulnerable know how dangerous Covid still is.

The rest of the population know it's, as @Coincidentally says, for most of us, like a cold or flu. I'm also in a school and lots of kids and staff have had the usual winter bugs. I don't know anyone who's been off with actual Covid, because I don't imagine people are testing anymore.

I'm extremely pro-vaccine and would have a booster if offered one.

I also don't think any "messaging" has changed. Four years down the line you'd have to have been living in a swamp to not know that Covid kills some people, leaves some people very sick for a long time, and doesn't affect others any more than a cold would.

That’s not what that says at all. It’s saying just because you’ve had it before doesn’t mean it couldn’t possibly be worse if you get it again. Stop scaremongering.

In the whole World? Really?

It's the WHO and CDC. There is a world beyond East Basingstoke.

Who is on the list for vaccinations?

It won’t apply to everyone

Not all are eligible and they want people who are to get vaccinated

I had not seen this messaging. I can't really do anything about it either. I'm in the UK and not eligible for vaccines. I expect a lot of people on here will be in the same position as me so the messaging is a bit pointless really.

Life is too short to worry about stuff like that.

All that says is the your next Covid infection could be worse than the ones you have had before. Therefore have your vaccination, if you are eligible?

I don’t see anything more to that message you shared.

It isn't scaremongering to state the current scientific evidence. As opposed to random members of a social forum pretending it is.

Everyone should be informed of the latest information and make decisions that are right for themselves and the wider society.

It is still killing people. Only the deeply stupid don't realise that.

*pretending it is scaremongering

I think that most people don't actually care about long covid.

Or the silent organ damage covid is known to cause.

Or the increase in rates of diabetes, or exacerbation of dementia. Or that "brain fog" is a mild form of brain damage. Or the effects on the immune system (including the parts that are implicated in cancer development)

Let alone the less well evidenced emerging harms, such as increased rates of developmental delay to babies who were exposed in utero.

This collective denial will only break down when enough people - or their DC - are showing signs of harm, by which time it will be too late.

And they'll claim "but they said it was just a cold", despite many attempts by professional bodies and WHO to give people the information on the continuing dangers.

People really don't want to hear about this stuff. Anyone who tries to point is out is derided as a fear-mongering lockdown lover who's living in the past. It is however beginning to dribble through in the press.

Sorry to ask a “deeply stupid” question then…what action should I take as a middle aged woman in England, with no underlying health issues or responsibilities for caring for vulnerable people. What decisions should I take as a result of reading that message?

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Fully agree.

I had covid last year and it certainly is not like the flu. It was the worst sickness I ever had and I'm not in the vulnerable category either. Usually I'm just get on with it type. Hopefully it is getting milder and will just be a cold. However if an elderly or vulnerable person had it like I had I'd be surprised they would have made it through.

Get the vaccine, don't get the vaccine, respect everyone's choices.

I'm not deeply stupid and I do know it's killing people. The same way measles, flu and any other fast spreading disease does. I just don't know what else I can do as I can't work from home, my kids have to go to school so what precautions are even possible?

Well exactly. I have had the three vaccinations I am eligible for, I've had covid once (barely noticed it). What else am I meant to do exactly?

The screenshot is from the American CDC social media page. (I looked because tbh, it looked like a Canva mock up 😂)

Yes, it would be interesting to know what people think both the government and individuals should be doing.