The entire political establishment is in agreement on the need to enforce the pro-corporate policy of “forever COVID,” in which the working class and broad layers of society as a whole are condemned to unending waves of mass infection, death and debilitation with Long COVID.
  • @surph_ninja
    0•16 hours ago

    Because the government intentionally stopped counting Covid cases, and asked hospitals to stop reporting data. Outside of waste treatment data, anecdotal data is sometimes the best we can get.

    • @jeffw
      1•14 hours ago

      I literally work in healthcare. I’ve seen our patient data. There’s no COVID increase. If there is, it’s super mild and people aren’t being hospitalized.

      Now we have one anecdote against another… uh oh?

        • @jeffw
          1•14 hours ago

          While R**t tells us if the number of infections is likely growing or declining, it does not reflect the burden of disease

          Please try to understand statistics before you cite them.

          If we had 1 case yesterday and 3 today, we are certainly trending up, yes. I 100% agree that COVID cases are increasing because they ALWAYS will in the winter. Forever.

          Edit: also, for the hundredth time, none of this says the cases are severe. You have shown zero evidence about severity.

          • @surph_ninja
            1•7 hours ago

            Moving the goalpost. Check your comment up top. You claimed no increase.

            • @jeffw
              1•2 hours ago

              Sorry, I think you might be confused or perhaps replying to the wrong person. I have consistently stated that there was no increase in SEVERE CASES.

              From my original:

              The issue is that it’s less severe, partially because people have immunity and partially because the virus is weaker (this happens with new illnesses - they get less fatal and spread more).