A key reminder of SARS-CoV-2 cases; in March/April the testing depth and testing criteria was far far lower - so different to now as one should mentally split away graphs "pre June" from "post June" in terms of the case levels (Y-axis).

(Plots that put pre-June and post June together for case rates are I think basically misleading)

In my view, what we are seeing now with rising cases levels but low hospitalisations and low deaths is likely what was happening in February/early March in Europe - the virus was transmitting at a high rate in low risk groups (young) and growing potentially exponentially

This infection baseline will "spill over" into higher risk groups because human society simply does not limit interactions to strictly one generation (some of the more recent super-spreading events in weddings is a stark example of this)

The fundamentals of this epidemic have not changed; this is a highly infectious virus which causes a severe, often lethal, disease for a subset of the population.

Until we have (good, tested) vaccines or cures this is not over. In the meantime we need every tool in our box (mask wearing; suppression of high transmission scenarios; back tracing, insane testing depth and sewage based situational awareness) to prevent large numbers of deaths