This is what we kind of expected and hoped for, no? That we would reach a point where COVID was manageable because we pretty much knew it wouldn't go away.

more and quicker home recoveries with Paxlovid.

I have read that variants are similar to a bad cold but still more serious.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/do-i-have-a-cold-or-covid-5214418

Increased Waste water level’s definitely means cases are up, but can’t be precisely compared to 2020 case number obtained via PCR testing.

The other important numbers are: although waste water levels are significantly higher, hospitalizations and deaths have not increased at the same rate.

more home testing, more vaccinated people, and more home treatments, i.e. with Paxlovid etc.

So, it's an unbalanced comparison, but useful nonetheless.

Statistics is/are a tricky game.

I recently found out that the "How to Lie with Statistics" book that we admired was authored or promoted by the tobacco industry, in order to lessen credibility in the real life statistics that smoking was deadly.

Correct me if I got this wrong.

To wear a mask Tuesday

No mask could cover that up. I bring a little box of Altoids with me everywhere to this day. 😷

And I do my own haircuts. Those graduated combs keep it even!

Not doing my own dental work, other than the daily maintenance.

I had to ask her last time