Planning to get Omicron in order to gain some immunity or get it over with is a terrible idea

[[Coronavirus]] [[Omicron]]

‘I have no intention of getting infected’: understanding Omicron’s severity |…

Because

• [[Covid-19 is still a very serious disease with unknown outcomes, even for the less severe Omicron variant]]
• "This is a real-deal virus where there’s unpredictability"
• "Some people can get very sick. Some people can get long Covid."
• Some people unwittingly will then get immunocompromised people sick”, leading to hospitalization and death.
• It’s not at all clear if recovering from Omicron would protect against future variants

Epistemic status

Type : [[claim]]

Agreement level : [[Most likely]]