It seems that these reports are all from waste water not from hospital admissions or worse reported deaths. It gives a bit of hope that folks have it and don't even realize it. It has become indistinguishable to a cold to a lot of people. Which is hopefully an indicator that the vaccines were successful. It does make you think that maybe we could have gotten to this point much sooner if people were more open to getting vaccinated earlier.
this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
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No maybe about it. There are thousands upon thousands of excess deaths due to vaccine denial.
Sure glad this pandemic is over and I'm not one of those poor souls who is immune compromised! /s
As someone who is immune compromised, it has been kinda fun trying to find the upside of it all.
I only buy black masks now so i can pretend i am a ninja. And as someone in their mid 40's, and that being the only upside, it's kinda really sorta ultra sad and embarasssing if you think about it.
We're going to have 2 surges every year forever. Cool! Can't wait to roll the dice and see if I get long term damage next time I catch it.