UglyBear
Well-Known Member
How do y'all expect this to go, long-term?
With reports of secondary infections in previously recovered patients, and the fact that COVID family of viruses have never before been conquered by a vaccine, I am extremely doubtful that an effective preventive measure will even be found. (maybe that's why ChiComs used it as the carrier of their little bug). Secondary and tertiary waves are lashing previously shut down countries, and it seems that lockdowns and masks are completely ineffective.
So, COVID-19 is here to stay, and probably will go in waves just like the seasonal flu.
Are we just going to slowly say "f it", take down the masks, and go about like before? Most people in my neck of the woods already did, and life is back to normal. Even the bug-eyed libs with whom I work are slowly starting to get off the manic fear and express desires to rejoin the world.
We as a species, especially in the developed world, have experienced an unprecedented run of 50-60 years without major epidemics. That is an exception, rather than the rule. Our ancestors have braved cholera, smallpox, plague, an array of viral and bacterial bugs, and still managed to advance and procreate. Sure, the old people did not (and probably will not) live to as advanced age, and there will be less diabetics and morbidly obese people around, juts like in the olden times.
Your thoughts?
With reports of secondary infections in previously recovered patients, and the fact that COVID family of viruses have never before been conquered by a vaccine, I am extremely doubtful that an effective preventive measure will even be found. (maybe that's why ChiComs used it as the carrier of their little bug). Secondary and tertiary waves are lashing previously shut down countries, and it seems that lockdowns and masks are completely ineffective.
So, COVID-19 is here to stay, and probably will go in waves just like the seasonal flu.
Are we just going to slowly say "f it", take down the masks, and go about like before? Most people in my neck of the woods already did, and life is back to normal. Even the bug-eyed libs with whom I work are slowly starting to get off the manic fear and express desires to rejoin the world.
We as a species, especially in the developed world, have experienced an unprecedented run of 50-60 years without major epidemics. That is an exception, rather than the rule. Our ancestors have braved cholera, smallpox, plague, an array of viral and bacterial bugs, and still managed to advance and procreate. Sure, the old people did not (and probably will not) live to as advanced age, and there will be less diabetics and morbidly obese people around, juts like in the olden times.
Your thoughts?
