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by nuancebydefault 1615 days ago
Well, i truly believe covid has already evolved to the level of influenza (high spread, less deadly), our collective immune system just needs to catch up, which at the current rate of infections will be a matter of months. Since it appears so infectuous, everybody will get in contact, a lot will get infected, some of them moderately ill for several days. The more you got in contact earlier (naturally or via an injection), the less chance of getting severely ill. Covid will be an addition to the list of active diseases, but since it will compete with other viruses, the total amount of sick people will be the same as before the pandemic. I could be wrong, but mark my words . Good point about the immune compromised... those are/will still be in though waters, as with any infectuous disease though.
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I think that analysis is spot on, we now have a second flu-like disease, that is very similar to the flu.

What remains to be done, is remove all these restrictions put in place and go back to treating Covid as we treat the flu.

That includes letting the COVID passport go and realise it's no longer needed. I'm looking at you Europe.