Friday, 18 March 2022, Bhatye

In India, this time of year is Festive Season. New Covid-19 cases is below 3K and again almost everyone is behaving as if the pandemic is over, for 2nd time (no one is wearing mask and those who are wearing it are wearing it like some wearable: sometimes on face & most of the time hanging in the neck). But what is the situation across the worldwide?

Again I like to make it clear that I have ZERO intentions of being fearmonger..

Here is the weekly data from the site WorldoMeter : Google Spreadsheet and few facts..

In last 7 days 11,702,565 news cases were detected compared to 11,150,140 in the preceding week, a ~5% increase.

The number of deaths per week in these countries has decreased. You can tweak with sheet to arrange data differently.

Here is what I think..

People are getting normalized to the pandemic, accepting the “Co-Exist with Covid-19” approach, which is a good thing. But at the same time, people as becomes less cautious and avoiding to follow covid appropriate behavior. This might be a concerning thing, considering possible mutations in virus and since the vaccine efficacy decreases with time.