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So, I don't know who remembers it but 3-6 months ago, Skinny and others shared predictions that this would be the worst winter ever due to covid. Some here had responded to that as just being alarmist and wouldn't come true. There was debate about whether the warm weather would slow the spread etc. Well..... we've obviously seen the spikes across the board in both Canada and the US.
US 200,000+ cases per day now, nearing 12.5mil infections with 261k dead. CDC has issued a plea with the public to not travel for thanksgiving but of course they aren't listening. Hospitalizations are through the roof now. I don't know what it will take for people to do the right thing down south.
Things in Sweden have also gone terribly. Watching the news, my understanding is that they had zero restrictions and figured herd immunity could be achieved during spring and that that would carry them through winter. The government there is now changing course and finally bringing in restrictions. They currently have 4x more deaths than their surrounding neighbours combined.
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