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In reply to the discussion: Anyone else getting the feeling COViD-19 is on the verge of defeat or at least becoming more minor? [View all]Ms. Toad
(33,992 posts)123 Fantasy Lane
State of Delusion
Vaccines are still more than a year away, states in which most of the population have adopted your attitude are looking very much like New York did earlier - infection rate through the roof and running out of space in hospital beds. The US infection rate is still very close to what it was at the peak - even though New York (which previously counted for most of the cases) has an extremely low new case rate.
The new steroid announced yesterday has been tested a very brief time (does hydroxychloroquine ring a bell?), and even so only appears to be effected in two limited circumstances. Remdesmivir is similarly a very limited remedy - shaving off a few days from an illness that can last as long as two months - or more.
Oh, and we're also due for a spike from the protests in a week or so.