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Can confirm. Saw the first COVID death this season around four weeks ago. Had three patients requiring non-invasive ventilation so far.
...and got hit with it in early autumn and it was much worse than the infection two years ago. Much much worse.
On the flip side, I've had it three times now and each time was less severe than the last. Individual experiences vary, which is why anecdotal evidence is bunk.
COVID has become endemic and, like most endemic pathogens, will become some combination of more infectious and less severe over time. COVID-19 mortality rates and the detectable portion in wastewater both have already sharply declined compared to the early years of the pandemic.
That is not to negate the message of the original post. Already North American employers are starting to treat COVID like influenza, expecting their employees to come to work while sick despite their infection risk. I just see posts like yours talking about how it's "much much worse" and know how they can worry those without the background necessary to figure out if they're accurate or not (hint: they're not representative of the entire situation).