Antivaxxers have consistently misrepresented and lied about the health status of both the people who are unvaccinated against covid-19 and those who are vaccinated against it.
in short, their puerile position can be summarized thus: unvaxxed good, vaxxed bad.
the major source of their misimformation and lies appeared to be little more than an unfounded belief in all things published that were antivaxx, and a bizarre arrogance.
typically as we saw in the covid pandemic, such mumbojumbo takes hold of people early on in the health crisis, only to be refuted much later by qualified experienced medical scientists who choose to base their analysis on credible research, evidence and data - not something the antivaxx rabble are overly familiar with.
credible research now shows the unvaxxed are gambling unnecessarily with their own health.
Here's the start of an article in thedailybeast.com published May 31, 2023.
TheDailyBeast.Com:
"The Biggest Victims of Long COVID Are Still the Unvaxxed, Study Finds"
"A new study shows more than one in six unvaccinated people struggle to return to normal health up to two years after infection."
"Though the world has mostly wound down the last vestiges of emergency pandemic restrictions, the effects of COVID will be felt for years.
"For some individuals, it’s a matter of personal health—and there are no signs that things will get better any time soon.
"A new Swiss study published in BMJWednesday reveals that more than one out every six unvaccinated people who have previously come down with COVID have not returned to normal health up to two years after infection.
"The findings underscore the concerns around long COVID, as scientists continue to be stumped over how and why the aftereffects of infection linger for so long for some individuals. But the new study also reiterates urgency to get vaccinated—the best prevention against long COVID continues to be vaccination.
"The new findings are based on the experiences of 1,106 unvaccinated adults living in Switzerland, who were an average age of 50, and had a confirmed COVID infection between August 6, 2020 and January 19, 2021.
"Participants reported on information pertaining to 23 potential symptoms of long COVID at 12, 18, and 24 months after infection had subsided.
"Those symptoms included physical pain, malaise, altered taste and smell, shortness of breath, mental health issues, and anxiety. The study also took a look at 628 Swiss adults who had never contracted the virus.
"What the researchers found was that 55 percent of the previously infected population who were unvaccinated returned to normal health less than a month after they were cleared of the virus, and 18 percent were back to normal by three months.
"But by six months, 23 percent still had not recovered. By 12 months, 19 percent were still experiencing symptoms; and by 24 months 17 percent had not fully recovered.
"Those unvaccinated individuals who didn’t recover quickly were more likely to be older or have pre-existing health issues.
"The study does have its share of limitations. For one, the findings are based solely on a Swiss population. And they are based on self-reported health, which is less reliable than a doctor’s assessment."
