Andy McGlothin ☮@ZeroCovidColin @darnell @neroden I would say I'm not trying to minimize it. I'm just looking at the data and where the numbers are trending. Of course what I said assumes that a new variant doesn't cause more mortality. There's always a chance this could get worse. But that likelihood gets smaller every day due to vaccinations and natural infection.
I get that it's still a deadly disease, and that people should be taking precautions. But it's been nearly 9 months since we've seen a large spike in infections. Though I'm sure it's debatable, it really looks like this virus has started to become endemic.
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