And so its starting to come to pass as new variants start emerging reducing the effectiveness of the vaccine and putting us on course for a yearly shot regiment. Hopefully it will just be added to the yearly flu shot which should help reduce the contention between the two groups who seem to be drawing battle lines over getting the covid shot or not and if there should be some sort of passport.
How quickly we forgot that the Coronavirus has been with us for 10's of thousands of years, it infects both humans and other animals which act as virus harbors.
But I guess like other aspects of our lives how fear can easily override people's ability to rationally think over a given situation and react illogically. I still see people wearing face shields, double masks, gloves (whom while I do not know either way, but would be shocked if they were not fully vaccinated at this point) in their mid 20's out shopping. While one would think they are being ultra safe they are still touching their face, their phone their sunglasses and increasing the chances that if there was something to be infected by they would be.
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As I said a year ago we will come up with a vaccine but its not going to remove the virus the world at best we can hope for is a yearly shot the significantly reduces the chances of a serious outcome. And we are starting to see this reality. My hope was that we would start to relax and go about our lives but I am starting to see that is not going to happen. We as a society are all to willing to react to scary things by implementing draconian practices in the hopes to hide that which scares us, a blanket over our faces from the monsters under our bed.