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.
  • surph_ninja@lemmy.world
    129·
    3 days 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·
      1 day 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·
        1 day 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
          21·
          1 day 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
              21·
              1 day 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.

                • jeffw@lemmy.world
                  1·
                  13 hours ago

                  Sorry, I think you might be confused or perhaps replying to the wrong person. I have consistently stated that there was no increase in SEVERE CASES.

                  From my original:

                  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).

          • surph_ninja@lemmy.world
            84·
            3 days ago

            It’s a good comment, and points out that the theory it’s become less lethal as it goes on has been debunked.

            Covid numbers going down is due to the government refusing to count, and asking healthcare providers to stop providing Covid information.

            So unfortunately we’re left with anecdotal info, and data from waste treatment facilities.