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We describe the complex evolutionary dynamics of the virus. <em>[Newly salient with the emergence of the Omicron B.1.1.529 variant in South Africa.]<\/em> We show how well-intended mass vaccination exerts evolutionary pressure toward more infectious, vaccine-resistant variants. We demonstrate the potency \u2013 and preciousness \u2013 of innate immunity, especially among young people. We show how the current strategy of maximal vaccination is leading to <em>higher<\/em> all-cause mortality. We detail highly effective but underutilized early treatments. And offer a rubric for cost-benefit analysis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/C19dynamics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-100x56.png 100w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-862x485.png 862w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/C19dynamics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UK-Covid-19-infection-rates-30-Oct-2021-1024x607.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UK-Covid-19-infection-rates-30-Oct-2021-1024x607.png 1024w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UK-Covid-19-infection-rates-30-Oct-2021-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UK-Covid-19-infection-rates-30-Oct-2021-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UK-Covid-19-infection-rates-30-Oct-2021-1536x910.png 1536w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UK-Covid-19-infection-rates-30-Oct-2021-100x59.png 100w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UK-Covid-19-infection-rates-30-Oct-2021-862x511.png 862w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UK-Covid-19-infection-rates-30-Oct-2021-1200x711.png 1200w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UK-Covid-19-infection-rates-30-Oct-2021.png 1900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/C19dynamics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1-1024x633.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1-1024x633.png 1024w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1-768x474.png 768w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1-1536x949.png 1536w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1-2048x1265.png 2048w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1-100x62.png 100w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1-862x533.png 862w, https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1-1200x741.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How over-vaccination drives the pandemic. The power of innate and recovered immunity. The early treatment solution. The unwisdom of vaccinating young people. See our new report offering a new Covid-19 strategy. We describe the complex evolutionary dynamics of the virus. [Newly salient with the emergence of the Omicron B.1.1.529 variant in South Africa.] We show how well-intended mass vaccination exerts &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/a-pandemic-pivot-point-the-counterintuitive-dynamics-of-covid-19\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-note","no-post-thumbnail"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1516"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1521,"href":"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516\/revisions\/1521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}