i feel like every few months i see multiple posts that are like “THIS is the worst wave of covid yet” and i’m genuinely wondering why this keeps happening - are strains actually getting worse and worse, or …? it’s hard to know what’s true or not because people are so hyperbolic
@mindyisser there is a seasonal wave building, but Omicron was larger than any recent wave by far. anecdotally the latest vax update provides significant protection against infection, seen several households where unvaxed got it but vaxed did not covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra…
@buttpraxis @mindyisser yeah, like advocating for masks, ventilation etc is fine in itself, but I've seen that argument shade into soft anti-vax disinformation several times
@buttpraxis @ryanlcooper @mindyisser When I was waiting to get my most recent booster in October the people in front of me in line were very conspicuously explaining to each other that they weren’t getting a COVID shot this time around, just flu. Very performative.