Comment on There should be a term for people who never really returned from the pandemic's social isolation

Simulation6@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• shasta@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Yes, it started dropping years ago and is now less than 1% of peak infection rate. It is endemic now and treated like the flu. Keep living in a bubble for the rest of your life if you want, I guess.

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  • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Fun fact(s): The COVID strains that were active at the beginning of last year were actually more infectious and deadlier than the original COVID strains. The only reason we didn’t hear much about them is because, despite RFK Jr’s beliefs, the vaccines work. 443 people died from COVID in the US during the first week of November, even with the vaccines. There were about 15 deaths from the flu in that same week.

    There are plenty of immunocompromised people who can’t get vaccinated who can no longer be in public without risking death now that COVID is endemic.

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  • jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This is dumb.

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