This is a short blog post because I want you to click on the link at the bottom and read the whole article.
It’s "The Coronavirus Still Doesn’t Care About Your Feelings” from The Nation, Oct. 13, 2023.
The title stems from the history of the government’s repeatedly telling us how we should feel about the latest covid-19 development. As in “don’t panic”. But this particular message "puts the cart before the horse unless tangible measures are being taken to prevent panic-worthy outcomes.”
As we said in our Aug. 31st, 2023 blog, the amount of covid-19 virus in circulation is “at an historically medium level, not counting the huge Omicron surge of the winter of 2022-2023. At the current level, in the past when we were counting carefully, there were 300-600 deaths a day attributable to covid-19. That means 100,000+ a year!” Here is the current national graph:
And some more snippets from the article:
"Despite the end of the Public Health Emergency in May, Covid-19 remains a pandemic, by definition.”
“[To achieve] a good outcome, concrete interventions are required—including improvements in air quality and other measures aimed at limiting spread in public buildings…”
"Despite messages to the contrary, our situation remains unstable, because the virus continues to evolve rapidly…”
"If our increasingly relaxed attitude toward public health measures and the relatively unchecked spread of the virus continue, most people will get Covid at least once a year; one in five infections leads to long Covid. Although it’s not talked about a lot, anyone can get long Covid; vaccines reduce this risk, but only modestly.”
Here’s the link—there’s a lot to ponder here:
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/covid-pandemic-panic-calm-advice/
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