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Originally Posted by Paisley

I know I'm really late reading this, but this statement is ridiculous. What about all of the people who need hospital care that can't get in because there's no room? I was diagnosed with breast cancer this past year. I along with many others (heart attack, stroke and car accident victims, to give a few examples) needed access to medical care that might not be available because it was being consumed by people who didn't want to get a readily available vaccine.

There are indirect harms caused to people who need care. But the majority of the harm accruing from omicron (which was the variant at issue in that comment) was not causing hospitalizations and was hitting the person who didn’t get the vaccine. Delta and Covid Classic? Different stories. Omicron is not as lethal or as likely to cause hospitalization.