Considering the anti-vaxx crankery about to come down the pipe, I pretty much assume I'm going to spend winter 2025 barely going anywhere and masked up when I do.

What a lot of people miss is last winter was brutal in many areas, between RSV, COVID, and flu. With less people being vaccinated and less caution, with federal signoff on stupidiy, it'll be pretty horrible in 2025.

And that's not counting if bird flu gets worse.