Anecdotal: The POTUS currently has BA.5 and it twice vaxxed and twice boosted. Apparently his symptoms are mild. My father is 72 years old. Never vaxxed and has not had a cold for at least 4 years. Doesn't mask, lives in Florida.

Objective: If you watched the Town Hall meeting I linked to with the LAC+USC faculty you would hear the current situation from their own testimony. No hospitalizations at all in the last two months.

Conspiratorial: The NYT and CDC are compromised by the establishment medical cartel and fudge numbers to trick credulous people into believing whatever they want.

I am taking a holistic approach to my thoughts on this matter.