“About 17% of study participants reported being infected with SARS-CoV-2 during the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 dominant period. This equates to 44 million cases, which is much higher than the 1.8 million cases estimated by the CDC during that period.” news-medical.net/news/20230227/…
Back in September, we learned an estimated 4%-5% of Covid cases are reported nationally. nbcnews.com/politics/covid…
May 2022, & this was a median estimate. There’s no doubt the real numbers are much closer to this estimate. Even if we don’t officially record & report cases, people are still infected, disabled, & killed by Covid—but quietly, & behind the scenes. washingtonpost.com/health/2022/05…
By December 2022, when CNN published this article, only something like 15 states were reporting Covid data, and we pretended it’s not all Covid so it’s fine.
We also pretend this isn’t going to happen again in a month or two, and it’s really BIZARRE. cnn.com/2022/12/08/hea…
Thread, up and down. This isn’t going to magically change amid no public health measures.
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