Our Endemic COVID Future Is Probably Not What You Think--Why More Action Is Necessary Now (A long 🧵 ):
Many think we're already “post-COVID.” We're not, but it does beg the question of what the future has in store for us. If we ignore how tired everyone is of #COVID19 and instead explore the latest data and studies, we may see that we've not yet fully understood or adjusted to our COVID future. We've gone back to “old normal” when a “new normal” is necessary.
Overall this is a tremendous thread, and thank you for putting it together.
I would simply implore you when talking about COVID deaths, particularly in the US, to use excess mortality instead. There's too many ways the US is not counting COVID deaths(and you and I have have gone over them before, so I won't bore you with them here :) ).
Perhaps I'm bad at using Our World in data, or perhaps there hasn't been another update, but the latest numbers I see are still ending in November of 2022 and they show nearly 5,000 excess deaths a week in the US across 2022.
