Sars2 still evolving 6-10x faster than the other coronaviruses, and 2.5-9x faster than flu strains. And it hasn't slowed down (yet). No wonder we keep getting wave after wave, while the others have become more seasonal.

https://nitter.poast.org/JPWeiland/status/1717681840494940183#m

The #SARSCoV2 virus is accumulating mutations with amino acid substitutions faster than other endemic viruses, including 2.5 fold more rapidly than influenza (A/H3N2 HA1), the prototype of rapid antigen evolution

https://nitter.poast.org/EricTopol/status/1717576172459250085#m

In my region, wastewater shows covid present all the time, with waves roughly every 2-3 months. Flu mostly goes away after winter, covid is more or less a constant presence.

Until a sterilizing vaccine is created, which may not be possible, or a vaccine that drastically lowers how infectious people are if they get infected, it's just going to keep going on like this. The "let 'er rip" strategy adopted by the west has fucked the world and made containment impossible short of a scientific breakthrough.

I'm sure our ruthless capitalist overlords are all very sad that a large number of people will be dieing before retirement is possible thanks to covid cutting all our lives short.