UCSF's Dr. Bob Wachter Takes Your Covid Questions
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COVID - I'm 65 Now, I Don't Want to Die of It
If you're not vaccinated and not up to date your boosters, your chance of getting long COVID is about 10 15%. Some of some people are quite disabled by it. If you're fully vaccinated and boosted, your chances go down probably by about 50%. So now a one in 20 chance, you're going to have an illness that will make you feel bad three or four months from now and maybe for years. Dr. Walter: "I think the world is different that our level of fear about COVID should be lower"
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