Nine months ago, when Omicron started to emerge, researchers started surveying and routinely checking the antibody levels of nearly 2,500 study participants.
Out of the 2,500 participants, 56% had no idea they were infected. Many with mild-to-no symptoms moved about their lives, unaware they had the potential to spread illness.
Somewhat early in the "pandemic" I found a paper indicating that seasonal flu is also "stealthy". At the end of a flu season, a whole lot of people were checked for antibodies to the strain that was prevalent during that season, and of the ones who were positive, something like 80% didn't recall being sick.
I appreciate your sentiments, but think it is very unfair to call this a common cold. It may have been for you, but it most certainly is not the common cold for everyone. I got covid for the first time in July (presumably BA.5). It was an awful illness with a long list of severe symptoms. It is the sickest that I have ever been in my life. I had to take more than two weeks off from work and muddled through the next few weeks after that. I could give you other examples of people I know who have had similarly bad experiences with omicron. I think a relevant example that's been in the news is polio. Most people with polio never show any symptoms, some have mild symptoms, but for a few people, it is a very serious illness that can lead to paralysis and other life-changing issues. For those people, it is definitely not a "minor cold." I think it is perfectly reasonable to be anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine, but that it is still important to acknowledge that covid is a very serious illness for many people. Just my two cents.
Somewhat early in the "pandemic" I found a paper indicating that seasonal flu is also "stealthy". At the end of a flu season, a whole lot of people were checked for antibodies to the strain that was prevalent during that season, and of the ones who were positive, something like 80% didn't recall being sick.
I appreciate your sentiments, but think it is very unfair to call this a common cold. It may have been for you, but it most certainly is not the common cold for everyone. I got covid for the first time in July (presumably BA.5). It was an awful illness with a long list of severe symptoms. It is the sickest that I have ever been in my life. I had to take more than two weeks off from work and muddled through the next few weeks after that. I could give you other examples of people I know who have had similarly bad experiences with omicron. I think a relevant example that's been in the news is polio. Most people with polio never show any symptoms, some have mild symptoms, but for a few people, it is a very serious illness that can lead to paralysis and other life-changing issues. For those people, it is definitely not a "minor cold." I think it is perfectly reasonable to be anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine, but that it is still important to acknowledge that covid is a very serious illness for many people. Just my two cents.
If people didn't know they were infected, why do they need to worry about boosters?
They want you scared of everything. They feed on fear. This is why all the fear porn.
Let Evil starve!!!