>And most of the entire world recently just said "Fuck it we can't control this" and did what Texas and Florida were doing anyway even though new cases and deat

>And most of the entire world recently just said "Fuck it we can't control this" and did what Texas and Florida were doing anyway even though new cases and deaths were at some of the highest levels. Although there are more infectious variants, we now also have paxlovid, several vaccines that still seem to reduce mortality, and survivors with some degree of infection-generated immunity, as well as widely available n95 or comparable masks. Increased cases don't seem to be overwhelming hospitals in California at the moment, though there is always the possibility of an even more infectious and deadly new variant that dodges existing immunity.