Early 2020 we had a novel (new) virus the likes of which the human race has never seen before and thus, no antibodies, arrive in America and turn into a full blown pandemic across the globe (after originating in China).
Information was and recommendations were changing constantly as scientists, doctors, and epidemiologists were getting updated (and often conflicting) data by the literal minute.
Conservatives in general thought this was nothing, many still downplay it. POTUS tried to tweet it away as a hoax, said we'd be fine by Easter ("... ready and raring to go.."), Governors were smuggling in PPE in clandestine operations while POTUS was commandeering supplies to the highest bidder and his failure to do anything at all would cost him his re-election.
Sweden and others would try to achieve herd immunity and would give up after failing miserably.
There was hope that in the summer months as things warmed up that it would burn out and at worst just be seasonal like the Flu. It became clear pretty fast that was not going to be the case.
Dr Rand Paul (specialized in corneal implants and LASIK) said he'd never get infected again because he already got it, therefore he doesn't need to mask up (and he went around mask-less when he knew he was infected before anyone else did). We have since learned that people are getting infected again multiple times (different variants that mutated, or waning immunity in general, or both).
The biggest question was when would we get a vaccine and how effective would they be. Its absolutely amazing how safe and effective these are and how fast we got these rolled out. Sadly, this is America and many Americans are still confused about how vaccines work and fall for false propaganda planted by adversarial rival nation states intent upon dividing us (and it's been working like a charm!).
Over 800,000 Americans dead. Vaccines available to health care workers and the most vulnerable since January 2021. And today nearly all of COVID deaths are unvaccinated and the ones that were, majority of them had other health issues or abnormally long amounts of exposure.
No end in sight as the latest Omicron variant is spreading. The Browns and WFT are slated to barely field a team, I doubt we'll see the end of the basketball seasons, maybe even the NFL.
The hope is that Omicron is much more mild and burn itself out. Unfortunately, we have a limited sample size and people often make the mistake of assuming infections in one population across the globe in a completely different climate will translate 100% to another population elsewhere.
We still don't know if this could mutate to something milder or go much worse. There is a series of epidemics across the globe that are ebbing and flowing. My best educated guess is that for the next two to three years we'll have big breakouts and large number of cases but it won't be as bad as what we have now. Wearing masks on public transit and airlines will now be normal for those who choose to do it, even fifty years from now.
Ultimately the vaccine manufacturers will have more specialized vaccines that contain different variants or are just more effective in general and we'll likely be getting them at least yearly with the flu shots.
Information was and recommendations were changing constantly as scientists, doctors, and epidemiologists were getting updated (and often conflicting) data by the literal minute.
Conservatives in general thought this was nothing, many still downplay it. POTUS tried to tweet it away as a hoax, said we'd be fine by Easter ("... ready and raring to go.."), Governors were smuggling in PPE in clandestine operations while POTUS was commandeering supplies to the highest bidder and his failure to do anything at all would cost him his re-election.
Sweden and others would try to achieve herd immunity and would give up after failing miserably.
There was hope that in the summer months as things warmed up that it would burn out and at worst just be seasonal like the Flu. It became clear pretty fast that was not going to be the case.
Dr Rand Paul (specialized in corneal implants and LASIK) said he'd never get infected again because he already got it, therefore he doesn't need to mask up (and he went around mask-less when he knew he was infected before anyone else did). We have since learned that people are getting infected again multiple times (different variants that mutated, or waning immunity in general, or both).
The biggest question was when would we get a vaccine and how effective would they be. Its absolutely amazing how safe and effective these are and how fast we got these rolled out. Sadly, this is America and many Americans are still confused about how vaccines work and fall for false propaganda planted by adversarial rival nation states intent upon dividing us (and it's been working like a charm!).
Over 800,000 Americans dead. Vaccines available to health care workers and the most vulnerable since January 2021. And today nearly all of COVID deaths are unvaccinated and the ones that were, majority of them had other health issues or abnormally long amounts of exposure.
No end in sight as the latest Omicron variant is spreading. The Browns and WFT are slated to barely field a team, I doubt we'll see the end of the basketball seasons, maybe even the NFL.
The hope is that Omicron is much more mild and burn itself out. Unfortunately, we have a limited sample size and people often make the mistake of assuming infections in one population across the globe in a completely different climate will translate 100% to another population elsewhere.
We still don't know if this could mutate to something milder or go much worse. There is a series of epidemics across the globe that are ebbing and flowing. My best educated guess is that for the next two to three years we'll have big breakouts and large number of cases but it won't be as bad as what we have now. Wearing masks on public transit and airlines will now be normal for those who choose to do it, even fifty years from now.
Ultimately the vaccine manufacturers will have more specialized vaccines that contain different variants or are just more effective in general and we'll likely be getting them at least yearly with the flu shots.
