A group of U.S. researchers has modelled where society’s current path — an unmitigated spread of COVID — would lead. They concluded that unfettered transmission could result in death tolls exceeding 100,000 a year in the U.S. alone. “Endemicity is not a victory,” they added.

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  • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Consistently through the pandemic every estimate given has been far lower than the trend suggests and seems to assume that we’ll have some dramatic drop off in deaths for some reason

    • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Check my comments on this post, it's all manufacturing consent bullshit. The billionaires fund studies that are optimistic and because they're billionaire funded they get elevated among politicians and news media. That's the polite, generous, they're all acting in good faith, it's not a conspiracy take. I'm sure we can all extrapolate something darker.