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’:
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doctors are baffled by this seasonality you speak of, it'll need a syndrome name
I might start believing them when they start telling us what defects and deficiencies the seriously ill suffered besides covid. And how many were given early treatment. If they keep hiding the easy, obvious cures, the scam is obvious. Hospitals depend on sickness for profits. It's their business model. Government depends on hysteria for control. It's their business model. Both are working because we're stupid. We deserve to be abused.