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People have been saying since early 2020 that this winter was going to be the absolute worst of it (based on historical experience with e.g. the 1918 flu pandem
by CydeWeys 6y ago
People have been saying since early 2020 that this winter was going to be the absolute worst of it (based on historical experience with e.g. the 1918 flu pandemic), and they were right. They didn't anticipate how quickly we'd develop a vaccine, but they also didn't anticipate such a more contagious variant. And the vaccine unfortunately won't roll out fast enough this winter to really put a damper on it.
I fear that by February most cities will be going through what we here in NYC faced last April.
- kossTKR 6y agoI agree, but i also find it quite weird that the "seasonal angle" has been almost non existent, so why are people surprised? Most regions of the world have been following the regular flu intensity almost to a T. Especially in northern Europe after a summer with almost open societies and no grave surges. With this in mind we will peak when regular flu used to peak, ie. we are only now at the very start of some very bad months (for the latitudes with winter now). Also while this new variant may be the culprit, the regular flu probably also mutates in a similar pattern - though it could be that this variant is a heavy factor, but for me we are still pretty much following the seasons.