A Covid-19 Beginner's Guide for 2025

It's 2025, and we're still pretending COVID is just another flu.

You've probably noticed it by now. Friends who can't shake that lingering cough. Coworkers who are out sick more often than they're in the office. The endless cycle of "brutal colds" that seem to hit everyone harder and last longer than they used to.

What if I told you this isn't normal? What if I told you we're witnessing the slow-motion collapse of public health in real time?

The official narrative says the pandemic is over. We beat it. Mission accomplished. Time to move on.

But the science tells a different story. A much darker one.

COVID is still circulating widely. The Winter Coronavirus Infection Survey from late 2023 found roughly one in 24 people in the UK were infected. That's not a blip – it's endemic transmission at high levels.

Even more alarming? UK hospitalizations in 2022 were actually higher than in 2020 or 2021. Higher. Let that sink in.

We've been gaslit into believing COVID is no longer a threat because we stopped looking for it. We dismantled the systems that tracked it. We changed how we measure excess deaths to hide the signal. Most people don't even test anymore, and when they do, they often use less sensitive tests at the wrong time. ...  Continue reading the article

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