Conundrum - part the second

Another conundrum to puzzle over.

We now have the J&J 70% solution, and Fauci, et al tell us take whatever vaccine is available soonest. The reason is simple: all of the vaccines keep you out of the hospital and out of the morgue. The worst that can happen is a mild case of 'the flu'. Take the damn vaccine.

We also know, nearly from the beginning of this problem, that mild to moderate Covid is the main source of long-haul syndrome.

About 33% of COVID-19 patients who were never sick enough to require hospitalization continue to complain months later of symptoms like fatigue, loss of smell or taste and "brain fog," University of Washington (UW) researchers found.

"We were surprised to have one-third of people with mild illness still experiencing symptoms," said lead researcher Jennifer Logue. She's a research scientist with the UW department of medicine's division of allergy and infectious diseases, in Seattle. "If you contract coronavirus, there's a good chance you could experience a lingering effect."

Now, there's the conundrum, if we end up converting lots of folks into mild disease, are we just trading severe disease at the outset for, perhaps life-long, debilitation? Only The Shadow knows.