I am shocked. Shocked. It's completely baffling how a society which has entirely ended all precautions at every level could have rising rates of a highly infectious illness. Also, who could possibly explain rates of a secondary complication of that illness, which occurs more frequently upon reinfection, also increasing in this situation?

It defies all logical explanation.

*Unsolved Mysteries theme music*

I feel like % doesn't really drive home just how many people around us this is.

6.8/100 is 3.4/50.

Over 3 people out of every 50.

That's a lot of people.

This has been one of my big concerns since we first learned of long Covid. There’s still so much we don’t know about this virus and its effects. Folks try to play down the threat -first it was “just the flu”, then it was “it’s over and done with” - but we just don’t know what that means, even if “regular” Covid or “bad” Covid is “gone”. There are still other variants out there, people are still getting infected though maybe not as badly as they were, but regardless, what does that mean for those with long Covid years from now?