#Doctors share why it’s still important to take the virus seriously.
#Key Points
- COVID still causes significant hospitalizations and deaths despite declining severe impact rates.
- Re-infections increase risk for certain health issues.
- Annual vaccination is key to preventing severe disease and reducing long COVID risk.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID was associated with an estimated 290,000 to 450,000 hospitalizations and between 34,000 and 53,000 deaths between July 2024 and July 2025, the most recent year that data is available. These stats show just how much the virus is still impacting us.
For comparison, here’s how the flu impacted people in 2024-2025 Which was a more severe flu season than normal:
CDC estimates there were 51 million influenza (flu)-related illnesses, 23 million medical visits, 710,000 hospitalizations and 45,000 deaths during the 2024-2025 flu season. Based on CDC criteria, the severity of the 2024-2025 season was high.
The estimated flu-related illnesses and medical visits are higher than the 2017-2018 season, the last high severity flu season. Estimated hospitalizations are the same as 2017-2018, while estimated deaths are lower.
I guess this is the new normal. Double the amount of severe respiratory disease than before, and little to no seasonality.
Which was a more severe flu season than normal:
I see this every year now. And not once have i seen a mainstream media in canada like cbc have the guts to say that is from immune system damage from covid. Recently saw the old immune debt bullshit. Like that halfassed “lockdown” six years ago is still causing people to get more sick lmao
Yeah, there’s been record rates of nearly everything. Could it be that neuroinvasive airborne vascular disease is having an effect on people? Nah, it’s because we couldn’t get drunk at the pub for a while.
The disease has essentially disabled and permanently reduced the intellectual and physical capability of the entire human race, forever. It’s kind of crazy to think about.
I wonder how much of that increase in flu cases was due to immune system damage caused by COVID. It is shocking the amount of cognitive dissonance people are willing to put up with just to not wear a mask.
Right? People complain about being sick all the time like they dont remember what it was like before covid. Its not normal to be sick all the time.
Meanwhilen I’m going on 7 years without even a cold.
It sucks being around plague rats all day, because an N95 is only so effective and I still get sick occasionally, though no COVID so far. On the upside I make sure to just randomly call in sick a few times a month to take some extra days off
I kind of hate these “journalists” and “doctors” who refuse to even mention respirators. Getting vaccinated is a good idea, but all but 1 person I’ve known to get long covid was fully up to date on their vaccines at the time they got the covid infection which gave them long covid. Meanwhile I mask religiously, have never had covid that I know of, and have no symptoms of long covid ( I also get vaccinated once a year )
Yeah, they work great, yet a lot of people think they don’t do anything. At the very least they should be used in hospitals, but we can’t even normalize mask use in fucking hospitals.
