The entire political establishment is in agreement on the need to enforce the pro-corporate policy of “forever COVID,” in which the working class and broad layers of society as a whole are condemned to unending waves of mass infection, death and debilitation with Long COVID.
  • jeffw@lemmy.world
    238·
    3 months ago

    The issue is that it’s less severe, partially because people have immunity and partially because the virus is weaker (this happens with new illnesses - they get less fatal and spread more).

    But wastewater isn’t newsworthy. It never has been. It’s disingenuous to say the media isn’t covering this when ERs are NOT having issues and people aren’t dying.

    Many doesn’t the media have mass coverage of the common cold? Why don’t they cover norovirus? Endemic shit that doesn’t kill people isn’t really newsworthy.

    • insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world
      7·
      3 months ago

      Less severe at first maybe but plenty of studies showing long term damage from what starts as a mild cold. If reporting was being done on the science, that’s what it would say but reporting is very very limited.

    • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.mlEnglish
      82·
      3 months ago

      Eh, shifts on the stock market and pretty random political moments make the news all the time. Not to mention the weather and sports.

      A little, “hey, contagions are about at the moment, if you’re vulnerable or just not keen, act accordingly” wouldn’t be misplaced at all.

      Bottom line is we have a cultural problem with general illness. Something something capitalism something something.

    • surph_ninja@lemmy.world
      76·
      3 months ago

      You’re spreading disinformation. This one is not less severe. I know a couple of people who were hospitalized with this strain, and everyone else I know who’s gotten it were knocked on their ass.

      • jeffw@lemmy.world
        11·
        3 months ago

        By all means, I’d love to see your data.

        Not sure why you’d bring anecdotes into this?

        • surph_ninja@lemmy.world
          11·
          3 months ago

          Because the government intentionally stopped counting Covid cases, and asked hospitals to stop reporting data. Outside of waste treatment data, anecdotal data is sometimes the best we can get.

          • jeffw@lemmy.world
            11·
            3 months ago

            I literally work in healthcare. I’ve seen our patient data. There’s no COVID increase. If there is, it’s super mild and people aren’t being hospitalized.

            Now we have one anecdote against another… uh oh?

              • jeffw@lemmy.world
                11·
                3 months ago

                While R**t tells us if the number of infections is likely growing or declining, it does not reflect the burden of disease

                Please try to understand statistics before you cite them.

                If we had 1 case yesterday and 3 today, we are certainly trending up, yes. I 100% agree that COVID cases are increasing because they ALWAYS will in the winter. Forever.

                Edit: also, for the hundredth time, none of this says the cases are severe. You have shown zero evidence about severity.