• Screamium@lemmy.world
      115·
      11 months ago

      Bear in mind those are death counts. The variants have become less deadly but that doesn’t mean they’re harmless

      • Dr. Coomer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        93·
        11 months ago

        I mean, no disease will never not be lethal, but that is considerable better than it was.

        • pearsaltchocolatebar
          25·
          11 months ago

          Depends on what you consider better. I’d rather be dead than permanently disabled from long covid.

            • pearsaltchocolatebar
              32·
              11 months ago

              I don’t think it’s unreasonable to not want to be alive if you have no quality of life.

              • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
                2·
                11 months ago

                Long covid doesn’t usually make you a vegetable or something. So it sounded quite extreme

                • pearsaltchocolatebar
                  1·
                  11 months ago

                  Being a vegetable isn’t the only negative QoL out there. If I have to take several breaks just walking to the mailbox, that doesn’t sound like any sort of quality of life to me.

                  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
                    1·
                    11 months ago

                    If you are out of shape you’d rather die than carry on living? Quite drastic if you ask me.

                    But what’s the likelihood of getting long covid and/or otherwise getting such a debilitating condition that you’d rather die? Can’t be too common