>>Of course, the figures are still relevant as they are a barometer of how the country is doing
Not exactly.
Do you know how many cases of bad colds there were last year? Of course not, the number of people who catch a cold has no relevance. It lacks relevance because the link between catching a cold and ending up in hospital, or dying, is very, very low. Though not nil.
If there were to be a relevance to the number of cases of colds it would be when they started to impact the health service.
With COVID-19 the ration between cases, hospitalisations and deaths has entirely and significantly changed - a combination of vaccinations, improved treatments, and the age & health of people catching it.
So number oi cases is of much less importance or relevance now, and as a standalone figure it is of no use.
What matters are hospitalisations and deaths.
Any comment saying "The second apocalypse is coming because cases are now n per day" is ridiculous. There will probably always be hundreds of thousands of cases of COVID-19 every year. And that simply doesn't matter per se.
We have to now become accustomed to living with COVID-19, because it is NEVER going to go away. Every years loads and loads of people will get it. It will become normal. The vulnerable will learn to avoid it and many will regard routine and probably annual vaccinations are the way to go.
The number of cases is irrelevant.
And unless the relationship between case and death becomes more solid, then it never will be.
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