And wanted to see their families or took care of their grandkids or had to go to work in public facing jobs to support their families or lived in multigenerational households. But if they were old or fat or unhealthy, well eff em, right?Why is covid winding down in the US? Because it’s mostly run it’s course through the population that was susceptible. It hit nursing homes first, killed 30+% or more, the ones left either recovered or had some natural resistance.
Then when the younger crowd got sick of the lockdowns in the summer, it swept through them quickly and with a few exceptions, was mostly a mild cold.
The deaths in the fall were the older baby boomers, who started going back to work and socializing, and it killed lots of them because they are old, fat, amd unhealthy, and too fucking stupid to wear masks.
The numbers don't quite jibe but I catch your drift. The scaredy Karens won't be much missed either, right?But at this point, there are not all that many who haven’t been previously exposed and are out & about left to infect. Maybe there will be one more wave, when all the shut-ins (like @Jack Sparrow) crawl out from under their rocks, but it’ll be less than before.
I am so glad you soulmates found each other. Often, lack of empathy is an impediment but it works on SA.That pretty much sums it up remarkably well.
Be careful never to get fat, sick, or aquire any lung or heart or vascular problems. Next pandemic you might be tossed into the eff em pool.