A surprise guest was expected at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) held last week in Chicago. While most were expecting Taylor Swift or Beyonce to turn up, it was COVID-19 - an invisible enemy that tormented much of humanity in the last few years, that arrived at the DNC and infected multiple attendees.  There are growing fears that the DNC may have been a superspreader event, according to a report in the NY Post. Several attendees took to social media to share their experiences and symptoms, suspecting they may have contracted the virus.
  • Dagamant@lemmy.world
    50·
    23 days ago

    It’s not really a surprise anymore. If you have a large gathering of people, someone is going to bring Covid to the party. That’s our world now because we couldn’t stay home for two weeks.

    • cAUzapNEAGLb@lemmy.world
      25·
      23 days ago

      Yup, it’s no longer a pandemic, it is now endemic.

      Humanity lost the war. Collectively, we were not good enough. Now covid is here to stay forever like the common cold and flu are.

      But covid may have yet to be understood long term impacts. Some are interpreting the data like that of HIV before we understood it could progress into AIDS because the disease has not been around long enough.

      Ref: https://youtu.be/2HGi81LsXtA?si=iAhyniSREUV8Ezvl (55m, but worth the watch)

    • Ptsf@lemmy.world
      7·
      23 days ago

      To be fair, we didn’t try “nothing” it’s just that 60-70% of people didn’t give a shit and of the 30% that did another 5% died. This only matters because in the realm of humans vs disease you either need near 100% of the people giving a shit, or some fancy foolproof science magic.

      • DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world
        1·
        23 days ago

        I agree with your point, but is it true that 5% died? I think that’s more than a rounding error. The best way to make your point is by being factual.

        • Ptsf@lemmy.world
          1·
          23 days ago

          All the stats I presented were pulled from emotion. Actual death stats are around 1.2 million people in the US, 1/300th the population, or .33% (during the 2 year pandemic. Deaths to Covid 19 becoming endemic will grow). Stats were higher %-wise in less developed countries. These stats are easily available to you online, additionally I personally feel the value of any loss of life should never be attributable to a rounding error unless all other reasonable options are completely and intolerably exhausted.