So many have had covid (or whatever it is) here now and most young and middle-aged (and many older too) people are starting to consider it almost as a normal cold.

But the government are about to impose stricter regulations and I believe they will pass some draconian laws soon. That will strip away most rights and freedoms.

But we are seeing an increase in hospitalizations again. Which is in a way normal his time of the year due to more respiratory tract infections. Would be interesting to see how less common other similar viral/bacterial respiratory diagnoses that lead to hospitalizations are this autumn compared to other years. I have a strong feeling those diagnoses will drop significantly this year.

What is also interesting is that other viral milder infections (common colds) seem to be as widespread and common as any other autumn. Which means the measures don’t really work, afterall a virus is a virus. So why even have them at all more and more people are asking.

And the overall mortality this year per capita does not stand out at all. Which shows how dangerous this virus is in a nation with very few restrictions from day 1. Since August the total mortality has been lower than normal. Probably because more very elderly that only had a few more months to live died in April-May instead of in August-October.