The Israelis are all but vaccinated and they still have restrictions on numbers that can gather etc. We’re not gonna magically just open up… It will be small steps.
If we can’t open up after all the over 50s and younger vulnerable people are vaccinated we may as well resign ourselves to forever lockdown. Covid is now endemic and will be with us for our lifetimes and probably the lifetimes of our great grandchildren. It has essentially replaced the flu, a major global evolutionary event. It will continue to mutate and throw different variants at us that dodge existing vaccines, so we will be in a battle with it every season for a long time. But we are in good shape to fight it now thanks to science.
The good news is that our immune systems will adapt and get better at fighting it off, and over time it hopefully will become like the other four coronas that cause the common cold.
Lockdowns are hugely destructive to society. Opening up needs to be weighed against that. If people are not going to get sick or die in large numbers, then opening up (some extent at least) becomes the only option
That is frightening, how long do we hold ourselves to ransom, 12 months? 12 years? Once those who need it most are covered we need to get things moving.
We’re fcuked …Brits are open ,EU are beginning to question us…American MNC’s pissed off too…we’re drifting into the abyss with nobody at the wheel who can think two steps ahead on anything
Look, I use logic and common sense. I could not see much sense in opening back up, which I really want for every sort of reason, unless there is a strong chance no further lockdown will be required. To make out that strong chance, you will need a high percentage of a given society vaccinated. What other route is there, once loonery is left out of the equation?