88V8 wrote:moorfield wrote:Now that covid restrictions have been dropped, will this forum be following suit and duly be closed?
Nah.
Come winter, we'll all be back on here again.
V8
I reckon we will be fine. Mitigation measures delay, they don't prevent (although they can reduce the viral load). Other countries will catch up, China will be last (except for any isolated communities around the world that haven't had it yet).
While Omicron is intrinsically less virulent to a degree, the main reason that so few people are getting seriously ill from it is the high levels of immunity. Covid is no longer novel. We don't lock down for 'flu, and we don't fuss over 32 thousand new cases in a day.
As our planet fills up, I think pandemics will be more common so this topic may simply need renaming rather than (say) merging with Health and Wellbeing. The next dodgy virus or superbug may be just around the corner so let's hope 6G masts will be made fireproof.
Julian F. G. W.