this post was submitted on 26 May 2025
1482 points (98.7% liked)
Microblog Memes
10911 readers
3357 users here now
A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.
Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.
RULES:
- Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
- Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
- You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
- Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
- Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
- Absolutely no NSFL content.
- Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
- No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.
RELATED COMMUNITIES:
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Not being the same threat is largely due to vaccines which are being restricted, and it being a different threat doesn't mean it's no threat.
Also, it is still a pandemic, only the emergency phase ended.
It stopped being a pandemic once it became endemic. Or do you argue that we're in a flu pandemic because it comes back every year? And sure, the vaccines did help a lot. But the virus that causes Covid also mutated into less severe strains. Just like with the flu, there can always be a more deadly mutation again. But right now the current strains and the fact that almost everybody had it and/or got vaccinated make Covid about as bad as the seasonal flu. And just like the flu it keeps being monitored, vaccines get updated and should it come back in force, we are much better equipped than in 2020.
I look to the WHO who say it's still a pandemic, where do you get endemic from?
For example the CDC and similar organizations in Europe. There is no clear definition of what a pandemic is or when a disease becomes endemic. Even the WHO alleges that. As we have no vaccine that would allow us to eradicate Sars-Cov-2 and because the infection numbers are somewhat seasonal I am heavily inclined to follow those experts that call it endemic. It's also important to note that endemic does not equal harmless. Of course we need to research the long-lasting effects and still find ways to deal with them. But I, and apparently most health experts, don't see a need to keep up the awful restrictions from five years ago.
Wow, I didn't know the US CDC has declared it endemic. Fair enough. I personally don't follow the CDC, would not be sure they're not compromised by the administration. Hard to trust any official line from the US these days.
COVID sure isn't seasonal though, it's year round and has many waves. I wish it would settle but so far nope.
I haven't seen anyone call for the restrictions like in 2020. What I'm seeing are people calling for clean air and masking in health centers, as well as offering remote working and virtual events. All very reasonable, sensible, and doable.
Research into the long term effects is already fairly substantial, showing brain damage, vascular damage, and immune damage.