Wow, wow, wow, things are moving very, very quickly.
The virus / infection story itself is running very, very quickly, and this whole thing, medically and scientifically is going to come to an end very quickly.
Politically, administratively, whatever one calls it, may drag things out -- that's fine -- but the virus itself is coming to an end.
This is absolutely fascinating.
This virus has mutated beautifully:
- its R0 factor is such that this virus is incredibly infectious, maybe as infectious as measles; but,
- it appears to be not much more troublesome than a very severe "cold," or perhaps, "seasonal flu."
Whether the virus disappears completely or lays low, ending in a low-virulent endemic, less significant than "seasonal flu,” is yet to be seen.
Right now it would be interesting to know more about how Spanish flu ended.
Look at these four links and the whole thing is becoming very, very clear:
- Australia; see this post;
- San Francisco, things are different now;
- the new CDC guidelines, five days quarantine;
- further elaboration of the new CDC guidelines.
There is a huge amount of valuable information in that third link.
If the Omicron variant confers significant immunity / cross-coverage against the more lethal variants, this pretty much spells the end of Covid-19. One suspects by late spring, the medical story should be over.
By then, the US Supreme Court should have ruled on the various Federal mandates.
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