baggy1 Wrote:It's probably got a lot to do with the vaccine I reckon, but it's a good question. I suspect that this version would have caused as much damage without the vaccines but 2 years on we have built up immunity through spread and have got the added protection. 17k in hospital compared with 30k this time last year - I'd say the difference is the vaccine roll out.
Yes. It is impossible to tell what has changed but we can only go with what we experience. All recent cases close to me are mild, that is across a number of age ranges. My extended family for example is quite large. It includes 3 jabs and vulnerable, 3 jabs, 2 jabs, a female relative that had just one jab and suffered bad women's problems and the family new ager who hasn't had any but almost certainly had covid right at the start and before testing was available. Plus babies, toddlers and such.
I conclude one, or all, or some, of the following; (!) The vaccine has given us an immunity, exposure to the virus has given us some immunity, the virus has (currently) mutated to a milder form. Who knows?