Good point. The discussion too often revolves around the death/recovery opposition and forgets permanent damage.
Still, I’m not convinced a vaccine is necessary. HCQ seems to be an efficient treatment when administered early, before the virus has done much damage, and for that reason the chance of permanent damage is probably lower than with patients who need to be hospitalized.
My understanding is that the permanent damage occurs to much of the same degree in people who don’t show any symptoms (and are of course, not treated).
Why celebrate? Deaths from the COVID have plummetted. The epidemic crisis is over. A vaccine is unnecessary.
Just for record-keeping, here is the OWID global death tracker (from google), with the vertical line at the point when the comment was written.
Even when death plummed, we still have some evidence that suggests that 3⁄4 of the infected people will have permanent damage.
Good point. The discussion too often revolves around the death/recovery opposition and forgets permanent damage.
Still, I’m not convinced a vaccine is necessary. HCQ seems to be an efficient treatment when administered early, before the virus has done much damage, and for that reason the chance of permanent damage is probably lower than with patients who need to be hospitalized.
My understanding is that the permanent damage occurs to much of the same degree in people who don’t show any symptoms (and are of course, not treated).
“The parachute’s slowed us down, can’t we take it off now?”