[ars]

> The logic follows that we should have let the original and more deadly variants rip through society?

I participate in two communities - one that completely ignores COVID (except for a couple months at the very very beginning). They don't test, they don't care if someone is positive. Lots of people are vaccinated, but lots aren't (they all had COVID, they can't think of any reason to get vaccinated since they already are immnune).

And another one that is freaked out about COVID, mask wearing, vaccine or you are excluded from everything, social distancing, keep everything closed.

Somehow the longterm death rate is the same in both - except for those first few months. But the mental health in the open community is far better.

It's over. COVID is over. It's time to stop closing everything. Take the vaccine (or don't if that's the risk you chose to take), and stop this meaningless theater.

[dqv]

Anecdotes are useless. And my experience has been the opposite of yours. Nil deaths, one infection, same mental health for the cares-about-COVID community. The community that doesn’t has had 3 deaths, dozens of infections, and worsened mental health from the deaths of loved ones.

So why am I supposed to give more of a shit about your anecdote than my experience again?

>It's over. COVID is over. It's time to stop closing everything.

Uh we know. We’re talking about what happened in the past. Everyone has been using past tense verbs.

[Graffur]

I don't care about your two communities to be honest