Ford should be pilloried for eliminating wastewater surveillance. But the notion we aren’t post-pandemic in a meaningful way is nonsense. The very fact that viral counts are as high but excess deaths have dropped almost to zero is a *good* thing. Vaccines work. Flattening the curve worked.
That is a very foolish take… all of the deaths from the heart disease, strokes, cancers etc etc that covid continues to contribute to should be counted but aren’t. The data is biased to make you think it’s all good.
Acute severity does not equal overall risk, which is why it is still listed as a Risk Group 3 pathogen along with things like HIV, plague, and anthrax.
