While the pandemic rages, normality isn't an option.
...what's standing in the way of normal life is Covid, not Covid prevention. In most cases where schools are closing, it's because too many people are out sick to staff them. The same is true of stores that are cutting back their hours and airlines canceling flights. To have more normalcy, we need less illness. That means doing all the things public health people drone on about, especially getting more people vaccinated and boosted, which still — even with the high number of Omicron breakthrough cases — reduces the risk of infection as well as hospitalization... Michelle Goldberg
...what's standing in the way of normal life is Covid, not Covid prevention. In most cases where schools are closing, it's because too many people are out sick to staff them. The same is true of stores that are cutting back their hours and airlines canceling flights. To have more normalcy, we need less illness. That means doing all the things public health people drone on about, especially getting more people vaccinated and boosted, which still — even with the high number of Omicron breakthrough cases — reduces the risk of infection as well as hospitalization... Michelle Goldberg
For many people, being done with Covid has meant that they are no longer alive... In ancient times, the theory in war was that when you kill the King or General you will end the war. Many of the leaders of the anti-vax and anti-mask movement have already fallen.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I'd love to be done with Covid, most people are hypocrites. Myself included. For example, it's frustrating wearing a mask and causing my glasses to fog up as a result; it's simply much easier to NOT wear a mask. I feel like people have almost given up. I'm looking forward to a sense of normalcy again soon.
ReplyDeleteI often wonder if we will ever be "done with Covid" but at this point in the pandemic, I cannot see myself returning to pre-Covid habits. The ease with which this disease spreads has fundamentally changed the way I think about social interaactions.
ReplyDeleteI thought once the vaccine was available we would get closer to "being done with covid" It's been 2 years now, and I think society is just as worst as it was at the beginning of covid. I see more and more people not wearing mask, even though it is a personal choice and there's no mandate at our school, I still feel like most of us should want to continue to be safe and protect ourselves and each other. With the rate that we're going, I don't think we'll ever be done with Covid.
ReplyDeleteI think we have already adapted to our new routines and eventually will see all this a normal part of life. Cleaning a little extra, being weary of the slightest bit of illness, and actually staying home if we don't feel well. Its all stuff we technically did before, now there's just an emphasis.
ReplyDeleteInteresting article about the late phases of the 1918 flu pandemic: https://share.smartnews.com/xjY4o
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