Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post
When I started this thread almost 2 years ago I thought covid was overblown by politicians and media. Now, almost 2 years later, 22% of Americans have had or now have covid. And the number is going to increase dramatically in the next couple of months.

I was looking at the 7-day average on Montana covid stats today. Back on Jan 1, the 7-day average for covid infections was about 280. But in one month the 7-day average has jumped to 2400. This in a state with a population of just 1,068,000.

Over 24% of Montanans have already had covid but the rate of new infections is going thru the roof this month. The Montana stats are a microcosm of the national stats.

The only good news is the death rate is much lower in this latest spike than in previous ones.

Well, two years ago redietz told us to do the math. I didn't really give a damn then as I thought it was overblown. I'm just now looking at the mathematical probability in the future. This is my own mathematical prediction. I'm not a scientist or doctor so take it with a grain of salt:

At some point in the not to distant future, probably a year or so, a majority of Americans will have had covid.

And probably within a few years Americans who have not had covid will be a small minority.
I think the amount who haven’t had it is very small already. Unless you have hidden in your house you probably had it and didn’t know it if you are in normal health. Or thought you had it but didn’t care since the symptoms were nothing more than a cold or runny nose. Which is especially what the Omni is to most. Millions of us out here that never had a test and probably had it.

Most people aren’t running out to get tested weekly so we will never know if they had it or not. I get people like you who are older and had other conditions being cautious and concerned but for most of us we were proven right 22 months later. There was never anything to get overly excited and cautious over and the lockdowns and other over reactions were a huge mistake.

This seems to be the prevalent opinion now and even the far left loons are losing the public opinion battle. Like the flu, it’s just something we have to live with. We have had flu shots for years and people still die every year, same with Covid. It’s not going away and certainly isn’t worth killing our economy over.