Covid is more mysterious than we often admit.

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3. caseloads and cases are a horrible measure -- the data is incomplete

We have ABSOLUTELY NO WAY of knowing how many people have had covid, have Covid right now, have had it multiple times, etc because there is no centralized data stream.

Particularly in places like Ndia and parts of the US, government officials tried to find ways to hide cases. They slowed testing -- because you can't have confirmed cases without testing. They stopped releasing covid numbers. The CDC stopped trying to measure the breakthrough cases.

What we have is a lot of incomplete data that is almost impossible to make sense of.

How many vaccinated people had a mild breakthrough case and attributed it to seasonal allergies or a cold? How many people in states like Iowa, where I live, were certain that they had covid at some point but could not schedule a test because of a lack of insurance or the inability to schedule a time.

One reason that covid is mysterious is that we have not tried to collect all teh data that would help scientists to make sense of it.