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The endless pandemic; how to survive in a world with forever Covid-19

Covid-19, Delta, Gamma, Covid-20, Covid-21, it's starting to look like this will never end.

Viruses have been with us since the dawn of mankind. Yet we have thrived despite them. We can credit our innate immune system with the fact that most of us get up and carve through every day feeling great.

One of the ironic aspects of the current pandemic is the consequence of our overreaching diagnostic capabilities. Because we can now "diagnose" somebody who feels great but is simply carrying a virus, we have created an unprecedented level of societal concern. Never before in the history of pandemics…

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