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Dumb. Covid is endemic now and it makes everything more difficult for everyone. Talking, thinking, concentrating are the first things to get hit by any mild covid infection. Hauling people's asses to office even one single day a week will skyrocket infection rates and hurt productivity in a way nothing else can.

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Almost nobody cares about COVID anymore, only people with health issues.

Public transportation, malls, festivals, concerts, etc, are always packed. Returning to office won't make a difference.

Would like to see some data on this. I don’t know of anyone who’s gotten Covid since… summer or so?

I got Covid for the first time last month. Anecdotally I know at least a dozen more who also got it for the first time this past December/January.

I know someone with an active infection right now. Also a decently well known podcaster in the Apple space had it in the last week or so. It still exists, but no one tests and everyone's over it. You're right about wanting data, but don't hold your breath for it, and it's still definitely going around.

That makes sense. When I got Covid just over a year ago, I didn’t bother testing or reporting it, just stayed home. Interestingly enough, I know a couple people who were sick and tested positive for the flu but not Covid this winter

Because no one tests anymore.

Source: Have COVID. Picked it up during a week of working in an Amazon office, funnily enough.

That's why we spent all that money on free vaccines for the entire population. People who don't want to take the vaccines can now complain about a problem that they created, high infection rates.

This story is all about how our greed loves to create problems and then we get to complain about the consequences, and get sympathy. On all sides.

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