This is exactly what you'd expect from a novel virus one year into a pandemic.. bad news is that year 2 stops "looking like" an apocalypse and starts becoming the apocalypse as the virus becomes more 'acquainted' with human biology, if the right steps aren't taken.

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“The horror stories that we’re seeing in the hospital are like ones out of apocalyptic movies,” she said. “They’re not supposed to be the reality we’re seeing one year into a pandemic.”

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