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 You get flu once every 8-10 years.
Most people get #COVID19 more than once a year.
It seems like a terrible idea for a virus that we KNOW:

Damages brains
https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/does-covid-19-damage-the-brain

Damages hearts
https://apnews.com/article/covid19-long-covid-heart-3dd8f26c663e96bffcc2980830626153

Causes diabetes
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2391359-covid-19-linked-to-elevated-risk-of-type-1-diabetes-in-young-children/

Causes long-term alterations in your body’s immune response
https://news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2023/08/severe-covid-19-can-alter-long-term-immune-system-response

Causes erectile dysfunction
https://www.webmd.com/covid/covid-erectile-dysfunction

May encourage cancer
https://www.ajmc.com/view/kashyap-patel-md-sees-link-between-covid-19-and-cancer-progression-calls-for-more-biomarker-testing

Causes disability
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230828/Insights-into-COVID-19s-aftermath-2-year-study-examines-lasting-health-effects.aspx