We are seeing a huge spike in corona cases in Europe, but not an associated rise in deaths.
(of course accounting for a delay from infection to death)
I see some discussion of the virus changing demographics to infect more younger people, so less deaths.
Also more testing is being rolled out and more targeted to infected areas so we can detect infections better.
And treatment is better now, hospitals less crowded.
But these are not enough to explain the massive discrepancy
So one obvious thing is being ignored:
--> The virus has become more infective (spreading via aerosols vs. droplets - masks becoming ineffective)
--> The virus has become less deadly. (expected due to viral evolution). It's at least 16x less deadly as before.
Still the media is treating it like the virus is the same as in the beginning, and guidelines haven't changed regarding aerosols vs droplets. If masks and sanitizer were effective cases wouldn't be rising. Stopping aerosol spread for instance requires fresh air from outside and not re-circulation.
The current guidelines will not stop the new spike in infections. Maybe it's time to accept we can't stop the virus with the way society is set up.