> None of this is over, and we are so, so fucked. Some fraction of us are fucked, but surely not “we” as a whole. The vast majority of people I know have had C

> None of this is over, and we are so, so fucked. Some fraction of us are fucked, but surely not “we” as a whole. The vast majority of people I know have had Covid (many multiple times), and the vast majority are now perfectly fine. > We really needed to optimize to eliminate COVID as much as possible This was already impossible by Feb. 2020 when it was spreading like wildfire in China, Iran, and Italy. > to have a hope of a return to normality. We have already returned to normality, so reality doesn’t back up your assertion.