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The issue with covid is now the mutants. England did not lock down the schools this past winter and the B117 spread thru the schools into the wider population.

Brazil and its variant seems to be even worse and they basically let the virus rip from day 1.

These new variants are more lethal and more transmissible. So now we are really screwed unless the vaccine proves effective enough with masks to slow the spread. And that’s not guaranteed. And then we have the rest of the world to deal with.

I don’t expect covid to go away for at least 5 years and that includes boosters and masking. And lots of covid tests.



Good luck paying for 5 years of lockdowns!


Let’s be realistic, they will be intermittent and regional.


Sorry, I only have extremely cynical answers to this. Believe what you want to believe.




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