I keep thinking about how all these reports and recommendations emphasize that being fully vaxed means the delta strain is a "low risk" because even if you catch it, your chance of hospitalization or death is nearly 0%. And that's great! That's really important!
And second, we know that even people who have mild, or even asymptomatic, cases of covid can end up with lasting long-covid symptoms, and we don't know how long those last or what permanent damage they might result in.
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And we don't know whether a vaxed person who nonetheless catches delta is at the same risk of long covid as an unvaxed person!
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So at an absolute minimum, anyone who regularly interacts with a child under 12, or parent(s) of a child, and lives somewhere where case rates aren't very low, should be taking extra precautions.
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