Getting Answers: Should You Get Omicron On Purpose To ‘Get Over It?’

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Getting COVID connected purpose? As omicron, the little terrible but much contagious variant, continues to spread, immoderate wonderment if intentionally getting the microorganism could assistance with boosting immunity.

Marc Cuevas, masked successful blue, thinks that mentation is flawed.

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“I deliberation they are crazy,” explained Cuevas. “It makes maine huffy due to the fact that those radical are choosing to instrumentality risks not lone for themselves but for everyone astir them.”

The thought is getting mixed reactions.

While against intentional infections, Randy Hodge, understands wherefore radical mightiness beryllium curious.

“Herd immunity is important due to the fact that it’s your body’s earthy resistance,” helium said. “That’s however the quality contention has survived, you adapt.”

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CBS13 wanted to cognize that if COVID infections are inevitable for most, wherever is the flaw successful this theory?

“Everyone whitethorn get infected but we inactive person to enactment to forestall radical that are astatine terrible hazard of illness and dying from getting precise sick,” said Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, USC prof of nationalist wellness sciences.

Klausner said determination are galore risks including agelong COVID, chartless reactions, infecting immuno-compromised individuals, and stressing the healthcare system.

“No 1 lives connected an island. So, if idiosyncratic were to get COVID and were to get sick, they would beryllium perchance infecting others. Then also, if they had to spell to the exigency country oregon infirmary that would devour precise precious resources,” Klausner explained. “Our emergencies and hospitals are present overwhelmed and are doing the champion they tin but we privation to effort to minimize the burden.”

It’s an effort astatine forcing herd immunity Dr. Klausner believes volition yet backfire.

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“It’s decidedly a atrocious thought to spell retired and effort to get COVID. We conscionable don’t cognize successful immoderate fixed idiosyncratic however terrible that COVID mightiness be,” Klausner said.

Velena Jones