At this point, my gripe with covid metrics is that we're past the point where they control long-term outcomes. Covid will be endemic, you will either get vaccin

At this point, my gripe with covid metrics is that we're past the point where they control long-term outcomes. Covid will be endemic, you will either get vaccinated, covid, or both, and masks and lockdowns are only tools for buying time to get more people vaccinated because once restrictions are lifted, it will spread again. The only metrics that matter are vaccination rate and hospitalization rate, and for vaccine-rich countries, the latter is just a question of now or later.