Quote Originally Posted by TerryTheTerror View Post
Society (so the governments and scientists) need to sort out a way to live with this virus. It's coming up for 2 years and they have failed to do that.

I don't know what the answers are but the current state of affairs is just no way to live.
I think we are actually getting closer to that day. That may seem an odd thing to say in the current climate but here me out.

The most deadly strain of COVID was Delta but in UK apart from mask wearing in some public settings life largely looked more normal. This was because of the relatively low hospitalisations and deaths as can be seen in chart below. Vaccinations were working.



What has happened with Omicron is a new strain that is highly transmittable that has come up very quickly. Health professionals and scientists are understandably concerned about a sudden increase in cases and the impact this will have thus they have either panicked or being cautious depending on ones position.

The reality is this new strain appears to be fairly mild which demonstrates the trajectory of COVID is to be less harmful but this wasn't certain until more data has been collected. Signs are looking good.



As immunity continues to build through vaccination and infections (a lot of people will catch this strain) COVID should become less of a blight on our lives.