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There is a factor that has changed, though - the majority of people have now been vaccinated, and medical professionals have 2 years of experience in treating s
by alisonatwork 5y ago
There is a factor that has changed, though - the majority of people have now been vaccinated, and medical professionals have 2 years of experience in treating severe cases. So it's possible that policies such as lockdown prevented a much higher death count 2 years ago, but now that much higher death count is prevented by medical treatments we have since developed.
- rory 5y agoYes, it seems to me like the lessened severity must necessarily be some combination of: 1) Improved immunity (vax and/or recovery) 2) Improved treatment 3) Virus evolution What else could it be (not rhetorical)?
- peteradio 5y agoLess dry kindling.
- GeekyBear 5y agoThe UK's socialized medical system tracks the percentage of their population that already has Covid antibodies in their system, either via vaccination or a prior infection, or both. As of a month ago, about 99% of their population has Covid antibodies. I doubt things are very different here. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/antibodies https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthan...
- peteradio 5y agoYea that is probably a very important factor. I pray its lasting in protective effect.
- lostmsu 5y agoIs the severity lessened much though? There were more deaths during the last wave, than during any previous wave.
- rory 5y agoTrue. Either severity lessened, or social distancing was largely useless. I'm pretty confident it's the former, but that assumption is implicit to my comment above.