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> "If you take the risk profile down to influenza, it fundamentally changes how we deal with this pathogen ... it's not something that shuts down society," Chagla said.

Yes, because it is becoming endemic like any other cold pathogen that is out there. Things are starting to become normal.

And I’ve got a feeling the same people who decided against getting the vaccine are going to be equally unenthusiastic about getting a test if they have symptoms that feel like a bad cold.

I don't that makes sense to me. The more it becomes clear that natural immunity is comparable to vaccine immunity [1], the more anti-vaxers would want to get proof that they've had it.

[1]https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.01.21258176v...

Fair point. I hope you're right.

I wish I could reply to the comment in which it is claimed that the news reported mass graves were being dug in Central Park.

Seems like they've invoked this (on Android at least) https://xkcd.com/1367/

Why Covid-19 may now feel like a 'bad cold' – with headache, runny nose