Covid didn't die out. My wife had it recently. We don't hear about it anymore because it's gone through it's normal course and is the equivalent of the common cold now.
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If these people really believed in Covid, they would have called the common cold Covid decades ago.
That’s true but there are a few other things that factor into this too.
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It can definitely feel like a massive shift from just a couple of years ago. The world looks very different now, and while it might seem like COVID-19 has "disappeared" from the news and our daily habits, the reality is a mix of medical progress, policy changes, and social fatigue.
Here is a breakdown of why we don’t hear as much about hospitalizations and why masks have mostly come off.
1. High Levels of Immunity
The primary reason hospitalizations aren't the "headline news" they used to be is that the human population is much better protected than it was in 2020.
• Vaccination & Previous Infection: Most people now have some level of "hybrid immunity" from a combination of vaccines and having had the virus at least once. This doesn't always stop you from getting sick, but it is very effective at keeping you out of the hospital.
• Medical Treatments: We now have antiviral pills (like Paxlovid) that people can take at home to prevent a mild case from becoming a hospital visit.
2. Changes in Public Health Reporting
You hear about it less because the way it is tracked has changed:
• End of the Public Health Emergency: In May 2023, the U.S. government officially ended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. This changed how hospitals are required to report data.
• Wastewater Surveillance: Instead of counting every individual positive test (since most people now use home tests that aren't reported), health officials now mostly track COVID through wastewater (sewage) testing. This is a "silent" form of tracking that doesn't make the evening news as often as daily case counts did.
3. "The Great Masking Shift"
The disappearance of masks is driven by several factors:
• Risk Assessment: Public health guidance shifted from "everyone must mask" to "mask based on your personal risk." Since the risk of death or severe illness has dropped significantly for the general population, many people have decided the discomfort of masking outweighs the benefit.
• Pandemic Fatigue: There is a real psychological phenomenon where people simply "hit a wall." After years of restrictions, many people have reached a point where they are willing to accept the risk of getting sick in exchange for a return to normal social interactions.
• Social Norms: Masking is highly influenced by what those around us are doing. As mandates dropped and fewer people wore them, the "social pressure" to wear one vanished, and in some places, it even flipped to social pressure not to wear one.
4. COVID is Now "Endemic"
Health experts now treat COVID-19 more like the flu or RSV—it is a "permanent resident" that peaks in the winter. For example, right now in January 2026, the CDC notes that while respiratory illnesses (including COVID) are currently high, they are being managed as part of the normal "sick season" rather than a national crisis.
Would you like me to look up the current COVID-19 or flu activity levels specifically for your area to see if there's a local surge right now?
Im not sure what you mean by “really believed in covid”?If these people really believed in Covid, they would have called the common cold Covid decades ago.
The COMMON cold wasn’t killing people like covid 19 was.
Believe means people can believe anything they want or anything that is circulating on social media or they can believe the executive order given by the POTUS and is current in 2026 covering which illnesses they can be forced into quarantine over if there's an outbreak. I believe we could click the link and point out our disagreements with RFK Jr. if we disagree with any of those listed. https://www.hhs.gov/answers/public-...deral-isolation-and-quarantine-law/index.html
"Covid" is a gain-of-function modified version of the common cold.If these people really believed in Covid, they would have called the common cold Covid decades ago.
I did think it was tricky the way they included "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome" in their list to so no one realized that it also includes Covid-19. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SARS-CoV-2
