Looks like things will get worse before they get better. In 1918 the virus was under control by 1920. The 2 year deal may not apply for us this time.

We all are in for a long and rocky ride unfortuneatly

That sucks!

It just seems so many are so Covid tired that they're giving up on helping save lives - more shit is open, more people infected, more deaths, and less care

no offense but it strikes me as a fear-inducer, with no actual facts cited, btw how many are dying from this new strain? Is suggest pumping your immunity and not worrying even a little bit about it, but i guess that won't be too pop lol

It's a superbug. Highly adaptable. This isn't a shock to me. It was bound to happen unfortunately

Sad and Unfortunate but none-the-less it should have been expected and pre-planned for it to occur.
Viruses such C-19 etc, first attach themselves to a healthy cell, inject themselves in to that cell then absorb the genetic material of the new host cell to replicate.
That cellular Genetic material is not only absorbed but added to the genetic make-up of the virus which allows the virus to mutate, i.e. evolve, when it finds what is needed is useful for the process.
Just as Medicine LIKES to label the various forms of cancer under a single banner, i.e. Breast cancer for example, EACH is Genetically different according to each patient in fact and needs to treated as such for treatments to actually work 100% of the time.
However, imo, most Pharmaceutical Labs ONLY seem to seek out the "Quick Fix solutions" first and foremost rather than setting their sights on the goal of eradication from the word go.
Imo, it would NOT be beyond the realms and Limits of Reality to say that microbes, viruses included, have been around and on this planet since well before life found out how to leave the water and start inhabiting the land as well.
And now, in humans they have found the PERFECT Host Environment to allow them to very rapidly 'evolve' quickly where once it would have taken them millions of years to do so.
We humans ravage the eco-systems every single day thinking we can do it with absolute impunity, but are we merely releasing more and more of these microscopic killers who may have been just waiting for us to do exactly that and give them chance they've been wanting for millions of years?

I don't understand why people (especially Americans) think their travel is more important than public health.

The more it spreads the easier and quicker it is mutating.