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How would you define the end of the pandemic?
by switch007 2y ago
How would you define the end of the pandemic?
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoThat's the neat part, the powers that be have decided it's over because it's endemic and supposedly not as dangerous anymore (even though new cases of long covid are popping up, the silent long-term pandemic that nobody really wants to address even though there's millions of people affected by it.
- switch007 2y agoI don't think that answers my question at all. It wasn't rhetorical I'm very familiar with COVID having had it it at least 4 times, and also long COVID - two instances about 6 months each There is no disagreement from me that post viral symptoms need more attention but I don't think it's necessary to downgrade the meaning of pandemic.
- RodgerTheGreat 2y agoHow would you define the end of having your arm sawn off? Observing that your arm is still missing years later is not "downgrading the meaning" of missing a limb. The definition of the word "pandemic" has no connection to the duration of the phenomenon. Barring concerted international intervention or game-changing technological innovation- like the development of a sterilizing vaccine- COVID will remain a problem indefinitely, lowering quality and quantity of human life.
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- carapace 2y agoFewer than ten thousand new cases a day (for the USA). > "I think if we can get well below 10,000, I think that would be a level that I think would be acceptable to us to get back to a degree of normality," Fauci said. "But again, I have to warn the listeners, these are not definitive statements — these are just estimates." https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/16/dr-fauci-says-us-covid-cases-need-to-fall-below-10000-a-day-to-get-to-a-degree-of-normality.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/16/dr-fauci-says-us-covid-cases... Stay safe out there.