Given that there are young people with long-COVID severe enough to prevent working/studying who have not yet recovered THREE YEARS AFTER CATCHING COVID

LW ABSOLUTELY did the right thing!

How would LW feel if his brother had caught COVID, had become unwell enough to no longer be able to do school/paid work, with no idea when he would get better AND no good treatment options?

Because for a lot of young people who caught COVID, that was the outcome...