![]() ![]() “There is a widespread belief that infectious diseases evolve to become less virulent, leaving many hopeful that Omicron will be less severe for everyone, regardless of age or vaccination status. Take it from William Hanage, of Harvard Medical School. No, those variants will not “get milder.” Don’t take it from me. This is what every winter is going to be like. That is why, right on schedule, bang, as winter set in, Omicron arrived. Anybody that understood basic science - that apparently doesn’t include American pundits, even richly paid CNN contributors, who appear to be completely juvenile on this subject - grasped this. A new variant will bring the world to its knees, right on cue. Every winter is going to be like the last two. That means that we are now in a doom loop of Covid. And that is not going to change anytime soon. Because Covid is mutating faster than we’re vaccinating, we’re losing the war against it. Coronaviruses are masters of mutation, at that - a theme we’ll return to. Covid is mutating faster than we are vaccinating and boosting people. No, Covid isn’t going to magically go away. If you’re groaning “when’s the pandemic going to endddd,” you need a reality check. But do you want the truth about Covid, the stakes, the reality of what we face - or not? I’m going to refer to the average person - at least in the rich West - as a selfish, ignorant fool. And I’m going to be insulting, to top all that off. It’s going to scare the living daylights of you. So what’s the deal? Why do we keep getting it so wrong? So wrong that pundits proclaim the “end of the pandemic” literally days before yet another wave brings the world to its knees? Here we are - crippled by yet another devastating wave of Covid, that’s spread at light speed around the globe. ![]() Here’s one, here’s another, and here’s yet another, this time from CNN Juliette Kayyem. ![]() It was just a week or two ago - literally - that American media was peppered with hot takes from pundits about the pandemic coming to an end. ![]()
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