The World Health Organization says Coronavirus cases are rising. Does anyone still care?

 

A woman being tested for the Coronavirus. Reuters. 

The World Health Organization says Coronavirus cases are rising. Reuters. Cases have been declining for about a month, but that trend was recently reversed, with cases in China. Factors that could be causing the increase includes the high transmissibility of the Omicron variants and the fact that most countries are pulling back on Coronavirus restriction. The increase is not universal as some areas had declines, but the increase was due to Asia, Africa and Europe. 

My Comment:

The World Health Organization may want Coronavirus to still be a thing but I think everyone else has moved on. People are mostly back to normal here in Wisconsin and I am guessing nobody wants to go back to restrictions, other than people that profit from it and the few people that have been obsessed with the virus from the start. 

Of course the reason for this is pretty obvious since the media has for the most part totally moved on from the Coronavirus and is instead focusing on the Ukraine war (and drawing NATO into it). Indeed, I had to look pretty hard for this post as my usual sources are covering nothing else besides Ukraine. It's like the past two years never happened. 

Should we be concerned? Of course now. Most of us now have antibodies, either natural or through vaccination, at this point and our immune systems are much better prepared to deal with the virus should it make a comeback. 

It's also clear that the virus is not anywhere near the threat it was two years ago. The virus is no longer anywhere near the danger it is because the virus evolved into a weaker but more easily spread form. The death rate isn't anywhere near as bad as it was during the heyday and there is little reason for someone who is in decent health to care. 

Much of this rise is due to China of course. Though it is unclear how successful China was in defeating the virus in earlier waves, they did not really get much of the current Omicron wave. With much of China being virgin territory for Omicron it makes sense that they would be having a major wave, even despite of their restrictions. 

As for another wave here, even if it does happen, I don't think anyone will care. Most people have had the virus and gotten over it fine. People are getting use to not having restrictions and I can't see people going back to it. Indeed, people were so pissed off about the virus restrictions in Canada that the government was almost overthrown, and if the virus becomes an issue again people won't stand for it.