[conspire] COVID at the end of 2021

[paulz at ieee.org]

 Rick,
Thank you for the long analysis.  
Here is my terse condensation of the situation.
800,000 Americans have died from Covid-19.Out of the US population, that's about 3 people out of every 1000.  As has been well discussed, some groups are lower and some higher.
Yes, all medications have some risks.  After the initial approval of J&J, there were some much publicized "problems".  Out of the many people who got J&J, roughly 1 in 100,000 had a significant condition.  And that was enough to pause the J&J until there was more data.  
Combining the numbers, someone not vaccinated is 300 times more likely to die from Covid than if they had taken J&J followed by a bad reaction.  Furthermore, the issue with J&J is now understood.  It applies only to certain groups of people.   Medical people can quickly recognize it and give the appropriate treatment.  The patient can expect to recover.  
Full disclosure:  I had Pfizer before J&J was approved.  And the booster when the prevailing opinion was to have the booster of the same vaccine as the original.  
Now I am wondering if my next booster, whenever that is promoted, should be J&J so as to add a different line of defense to the castle model.  
Paul

    On Friday, December 31, 2021, 11:52:14 PM PST, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:  
 
 I've been wanting to update the COVID-19 situatio.  The situation
keeps morphing and being difficult to describe simply, but I need to
send something out before we run out of 2021.  So, this is being written
quickly and without re-editing.  Also, things I say may look silly or 
obsolete in a week.

Most important:  Get the damned booster.  Here's one reason:
https://twitter.com/deirdresm/status/1476986016250556416
https://twitter.com/deirdresm/status/1477004792861900803


  
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