More countries to end covid restrictions.

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Since England reversed course on vaccine passports, mandates and masking, other European countries have followed suit like Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, Croatia and Czechoslovakia. It's a positive sign things are at last moving in a good direction.
 

IMO there is nothing significantly different from last month, last week, or yesterday that would convince me that it's safe to let our guard down.

I'll continue taking the same basic precautions that we've been advised to use during the past two years.

It may be a positive sign that we are making some progress in accepting the virus as a part of our everyday lives.

We'll see.
 
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Aunt Bea said:
IMO there is nothing significantly different from last month, last week, or yesterday that would convince me that it's safe to let our guard down.

I'll continue taking the same basic precautions that we've been advised to use during the past two years.

It may be a positive sign that we are making some progress in accepting the virus as a part of our everyday lives.

We'll see.
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Same here, as far as precautions. Mask, sanitizer and not being in any enclosed spaces with others vaccinated or not.
 
Like I've stated before, I don't plan on taking off my mask for a long time. I do go out to shop, I'll go to the thrift stores. But I wear an N95 and I guess that's the best I can do. Hand sanitizer in my purse and car and of coarse hand washing. I don't get out of my car without the mask on.
 
I’d be okay with easing the restrictions too. I think that it’s time. But one country, Kiribati, let their guard down and here’s an article about what happened when they did so. It’s not a major player, on the world stage, like North America or Europe but still, it makes one wonder if this Covid stuff didn’t come straight from Pandora’s Box. Here’s the link - https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3165105/how-coronavirus-sneaked-kiribati-one-last-covid-free-places
 
Australia has gone away with the lock down approach and has decided to go with the "Let Covid Rip" approach. What happened there in that country was initially cases went up to 100,000 per day and currently stand at almost 66K per day. After Australia was one of the lowest for a very long time.
 
Becky1951 said:
Same here, as far as precautions. Mask, sanitizer and not being in any enclosed spaces with others vaccinated or not.
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I agree. I'm ready to be finished with lockdowns, travel restrictions, wiping groceries with disinfectant, etc., but will happily wear a mask for as long as.
 
A friend was telling me that she heard (from someone's aunt's, cousin's brother) that there is now yet another strain, a variant of Omicron.
I've had it.
Come and get me Omicron. If you can get through my mask and vacs, have at me. I'm so exhausted by this.

My son recently quipped, "About the only way it could get worse at this point is if the CDC were to announce, '...and also the virus has machine guns...'"
 
Rah-Rah said:
Australia has gone away with the lock down approach and has decided to go with the "Let Covid Rip" approach. What happened there in that country was initially cases went up to 100,000 per day and currently stand at almost 66K per day. After Australia was one of the lowest for a very long time.
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Cases? Positive Tests? Actual Illnesses? Hospitalizations?
Big difference.
 
IMO, the number to watch is hospitalizations. The numbers to watch are people are being admitted to the hospital or those acutely ill who’re unable to leave even though Covid was not their initial problem. (guess I’m trying to say, if you’re in the hospital for any reason but can’t leave because you have Covid, it should be counted.)
If we can get the pressure off the medical system, we might be able to start functioning more normally.

Maybe we should also be tracking stores and businesses, especially medical, that can’t function because too many staff are off ill.
 
Jules said:
IMO, the number to watch is hospitalizations. The numbers to watch are people are being admitted to the hospital or those acutely ill who’re unable to leave even though Covid was not their initial problem. (guess I’m trying to say, if you’re in the hospital for any reason but can’t leave because you have Covid, it should be counted.)
If we can get the pressure off the medical system, we might be able to start functioning more normally.

Maybe we should also be tracking stores and businesses, especially medical, that can’t function because too many staff are off ill.
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You are correct, the most important I suppose is those with severe enough cases that need hospitalization, but if you really think about it what about those who are carriers of Covid who show no symptoms of the virus and could be spreading it around the community without really even knowing it. That is pretty scary as well.
 
Rah-Rah said:
You are correct, the most important I suppose is those with severe enough cases that need hospitalization, but if you really think about it what about those who are carriers of Covid who show no symptoms of the virus and could be spreading it around the community without really even knowing it. That is pretty scary as well.
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The same is true for the flu or the common cold - which is also caused by the Coronavirus.
Anyone could be spreading anything around the community without knowing it.
 
win231 said:
The same is true for the flu or the common cold - which is also caused by the Coronavirus.
Anyone could be spreading anything around the community without knowing it.
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True, but the last time I checked millions of people have not died from the common cold or flu. Also Coronavirus and the common cold is not the same, but are both of course caused by viruses. The are caused however by two separate viruses. The Coronavirus by SARS-CoV2, while the common cold by the rhinoviruses.
 
Rah-Rah said:
True, but the last time I checked millions of people have not died from the common cold or flu. Also Coronavirus and the common cold is not the same, but are both of course caused by viruses. The are caused however by two separate viruses. The Coronavirus by SARS-CoV2, while the common cold by the rhinoviruses.
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actually to be entirely pedantic... 50 million people died from the Spanish flu
 

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