> Watch, I bet we will even see a huge jump in rare cancers. Only if those cancers are triggered specifically by Covid. For most other cancers, we are likely

> Watch, I bet we will even see a huge jump in rare cancers. Only if those cancers are triggered specifically by Covid. For most other cancers, we are likely going to see a time-shifted decrease in them. The Covid lockdowns absolutely wiped out a flu season. Other viruses probably had similar profiles. We know that asthma went down more than expected from environmental triggers during Covid lockdowns. Continuing hygiene is likely to push down some viral transmission--for example, sick service employees who can't take a day off have their transmission significantly curtailed by corporate policies still mandating a mask. Medicine is about to have a whole lot of information about things that are triggered by pathogens. The end conclusion is likely to be that we are FAR to cavalier about viral diseases.