Tuesday, February 8, 2022

COVID is Surging - Time to Open Up!

Here at The New World, we are concerned, among many things, with how long the pandemic will be with us.  Therefore, I submit for your approval a chart (science!  math!) which should help explain how to determine the pandemic's arc through the future:

                                                                                             - Cheryl Rofer via Balloon Juice

Perhaps the most common, most frequently-heard trope during the last two excruciating years has been:  "Positive test results and serious cases are surging, so let's open up and get back to normal!"  There is no reason to think this will change, which is why predicting the end of the pandemic is just about impossible.

Oh - and also, new variants, of course.  But that's a different topic.

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