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"And every reinfection seems to make it worse, so this thing should not be allowed to become 'endemic'"
Is there any reliable data on how this works in the vaccinated vs (increasingly scarce) natural immunity populations? i.e Am I more at risk of a severe reinfection third time fighting it off with my own adaptive immune response vs someone fighting it off for the third time with a full set of (5+) boosters?
In the UK we often use liberal to mean anti-authoritarian, rather than in the sense American's use it to cover a broader set of economic structures, social beliefs and the level of government interference in the market and everyday life.
So while yes, I would agree that it would be strange to associate tripping with a singular political ideology in one sense, it could also follow that the experience is associated with a dissolution of boundaries that would tend to push people toward a political ideologies more associated with equal rights (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.6075...) for instance.