Perhaps, if they had simply let the virus run its course, it would have burned itself out by now or the population would have achieved herd immunity. Unfortunately, you can't reach herd immunity unless the herd is exposed, and we've been hiding from this thing for upwards of two years now---instead of quarantining the sick, we've been quarantining the well, because everybody is so terrified of this virus. As a result, every time things loosen up a little, the virus finds new targets, and mutates, and thus we have the Delta variant, followed by what will probably in the future be termed the Echo variant, the Fox variant, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, etc., etc., etc., until the Sun goes nova.
Of course, the virus may well have mutated anyway---they do that. Flu does it every year, supposedly requiring a new shot every year. So, Covid will probably be around forever, so we'd better get used to it. It's too bad that it hit during a contentious election year, thus encouraging the politicians and media to "never let a crisis go to waste", and they flogged it into this terrible monster striking fear in hearts everywhere, instead of simply treating it like every other Asian virus that comes along, but you can't use it for a political weapon that way. In a manner of speaking, Covid is a lot more about the power of the media to manipulate people than it is about a virus. Covid has a 99% recovery rate. I'm not sure what the recovery rate from media indoctrination is.
Oh, I'm sure the Big Thinkers in the gummint and the media will figure out a way to protect the population from Covid, don't worry.
I mean, they've done it before----look at how well they've protected us from illegal drugs flowing over the border; and their numerous gun bans have certainly kept people from being shot! And abortions are "safe, legal and rare", aren't they? And look at the stellar job they've been doing at defeating Islamic militancy---I mean, it's nearly extinct!
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