It's been an interesting year. Omicron swept in and infected almost everyone, which kind of equalized vaccinated and unvaccinated folks. It also killed a friend of mine--the first person I personally knew to die of covid.
I got covid early in September and passed it on to everyone in my household. We all had mild cases with mild fever (2 out of 3 of us) and no shortness of breath.
Winter is coming, and I don't know what to expect. A winter surge in the north is my best guess.
One good thing about not publishing is that I can ask questions, then come back with the answers. Did we have a winter surge in the north. A bit of one, but not like previous years. See the MA covid deaths below:
Extras. Great article about how psych/emotional factors influence decision-making on taking the vaccine. According to the article, it's better for vaccination to be mandated when warranted so that people won't reject it out of fear of doing themselves harm.
A UK doctor and anti-vaxer is ripped apart for his tactics and poor science.
A listing of the major causes of death as they changed over the past 100 years. Back in 1915, the bigger killer by far was infections.
China had a severe lockdown strategy with people confined to their homes. Then an apartment block fire killed a number of residents, and Chinese people went out to protest in large numbers to the embarrassment of Chinese leaders. So they dropped their lockdown policy and predictably had a huge surge of cases that swamped a lot of hospitals. I'm not sure how it played out after that. Did it all calm down, and people decided it wasn't that bad?
One good thing about not publishing is that I can ask questions, then come back with the answers. China didn't do too badly. Hospitals swamped with old people for a while, and then it got better.
No comments:
Post a Comment