Quote from: BobLawblaw on Today at 03:09:46 PM

Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on Today at 02:52:13 PM

Very annoyed OG HODLER.

That makes two annoyed OG HODLERs.

Getting mighty sick of the mandatory mask mandates, despite everything dropping and starting to get under control.

It's all political theatre.

*breathe in and out Bob. Don't get angry. Go hit another bowl of Gods' herb*

It's been a while since I gave a insiders Covid update... this made me think about it.

We have seen a marked, CONSISTENT drop in all numbers since the last surge. Our confirmed Covid patients has dropped to a little more than 5% of admissions which is WELL under where we were in either surge (~20%).

Positive test results are an order of magnitude below what we saw at the peak. But testing has become very routine and nearly universal.

Mortality has continued to remain technically in the noise. So low that it is not statistically dense enough to get relevant data from the numbers other than the mortality has been insignificant in the big picture.

Most notably both infection rates as well as mortality have both continued to go lower even during the second surge.
They did rise 2-3 weeks after the surge peaked, but much less so than the first surge which implies we are seeing immunity emerge.

We are currently just starting the period of time where *some* return to school will be causing a predictable third surge. But so far this one seems to be holding back and not emerging quickly, which also implies we are seeing immunity emerge.

To me (non-clinical) we are seeing the very best case scenario we could hope for.

Therefore the continued hysteria is either overly careful, or politically motivated. I think the second. I am not really a conspiracy type, and it always bugs me when people act like the whole thing was made up. Tell that to the people who suffocated because of it. But although the pandemic is no doubt real, and has posed a real risk, it is now being used by the powers that be to control us more than anything. Especially considering that at this point we have a VERY clear picture of who is at risk, and that subset is much smaller than we had originally thought.