Have not seen a study that confirms the variants are getting less severe with mutation.

[thatkatharine@ohai.social]

Have not seen a study that confirms the variants are getting less severe with mutation. And given asymptomatic infection and immune disruptions resulting from previous infections, relying on the presentation of mild acute symptoms is classic Covid minimization.

This article also does not feature anyone who has acquired post-infection complications after 2023. Covid continues to spread and disable today.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article314482316.html

[thatkatharine@ohai.social]

While it doesn’t fully past-tense Covid, it does seem to skew in the direction of “Covid did some serious damage pre-2023 and we’re still learning about it, but the virus is much milder now.”

And although it lays out the myriad ways Covid can fuck you up, it doesn’t seem to mention prevention of further Covid spread. No “stop spreading Covid for a hot minute so we can sort this post-infection shit out and develop treatments.”

[thatkatharine@ohai.social]

Since the first vaccine-era variant, pretty much every state of Covid summary article has spun up some variation of “Covid is milder now, so even when you catch it, you won’t immediately die or need the hospital. Keep getting vaxxed when it’s convenient for you.” And then they would reluctantly lay out some of the issues brought on by infections, framing them as things that happen to ~vulnerable people~ and ignoring that every infection shifts more folks into the vulnerable people category.