Mnementh said:
Which is very bad news for people that can't be vaccinated or have lessened effect on vaccination. We had the chance to eradicate the virus, as we did with the first SARS. But now it seems more likely this virus will get endemic and over time everyone will get infected at some point. |
Yep, and even if you can be vaccinated, that doesn't mean it won't still affect you badly. My wife had enough trouble with the vaccine already. Getting yearly Covid, no matter if it's weaker, won't do her lungs any good.
The government just release a part of their back to school plan (only one month left). Schools should look into air quality (late as always, should have done last year) and masks are here to stay. Mandatory for grade 1 to 12, medical grade masks for staff. Still going on with cohorts and social distancing but no longer any capacity restrictions. Meanwhile everyone must be prepared to switch to online learning if necessary. It's so not over.
Yet maybe it will help keep the flu under control. My wife usually ends up with some form of pneumonia at the end of fall from the kids bring all kinds of viruses home from school. She's been pneumonia free since the Pandemic got up to steam. Silver lining. The kids really need that social interaction again though, they haven't seen a class room since March 2020.
