Just as the ‘seasonality theorists’ predicted, it’s been a boring spring for covid around the country. With the exception of some crazy blue conclaves, everybody’s done with covid rules. Nobody’s wearing masks or socially distancing or anything like that. Yet, no explosion of covid (once again exactly as predicted by the seasonality theorists). Even the mini-surge in the northeast is abating, and the overall map remains mostly ‘white’:
For the first time, Florida has moved from the bottom category, perhaps signaling that the predicted summer sunbelt spike is right around the corner. I know temperatures in Arizona are starting to move from ‘hot’ to ‘wtf’.
So while there’s not much to mention virus-activity-wise, I do want to note this disparity in how the press handled spring activity versus what they will likely do this summer. During spring the only states with even a tiny problem were on the west coast and in the north east — both extremely vaccinated areas. Yet there were no breathless articles about how this part of the country was doing it wrong or letting us down or killing grandma. Mostly there was a concerted effort NOT to notice something weird was going on.
So later this summer when the map looks more like this:
and you see stories starting to circulate about those ignorant anti-science Southern redneck republicans, remember back to what you didn’t see this spring; you’ll have confirmation the media coverage is (as it ever was) simply backup for the ‘correct’ political narrative.
Anyway, with another season of correct predictions of virus activity under our belts, it’s time to check the scoreboard of random ‘stackers vs. ‘the experts’:
Look for influenza to come roaring back with a vengeance this winter. New South Wales, just starting into winter, is already on track to far exceed their worst flu seasons of the past five years. It's almost as if millions of people have compromised immune systems. Of course, health officials will urge everyone to get their (useless) flu shots, but I'm afraid the damage is already done. This will likely be the real "dark winter" and I've given up trying to warn the brainwashed. I'm just going to keep eating healthy, exercising, and taking my vitamins, and watch the carnage unfold.
of course, the chart doesnt mean anything, because most beds are being used by va$$ine injured people. and of course the MSMedicine will never acknowledge that. Getting Covid is old news, the urgent call is to help the vax injured or "rare, unknown, weird illness" that came out of "nowhere".