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When Will the Pandemic Truly Be ‘Over’?

3 points by RafelMri 4y ago

tempxyz 4y ago
The scars will live on forever. Be strong America.
jleyank 4y ago
The flu is never “over”. Some years it’s more damaging but aside from the covid years it’s there doing it’s thing. Covid might turn into a cold-like virus or a flu-like virus in terms of impact. If it stays like it is now, it’s “done”. That might be the endgame. People get flu shots each year. They might get covid shots each year. And some will check out from either.
schwartzworld 4y ago
It's over once we stop requiring quarantine. Any parent with smallish children is still living in the pandemic, as you could find yourself home with the kids for a week at a moments notice.
tamaharbor 4y ago
It’s over when we want it to be.
whywhywhywhy 4y ago
Where I live it already is, no ones talking or thinking about it anymore. Bars are full, no mask or vaccine rules, office full of people again. Not sure what the rest of the world is like but I think majority in my country consider it over.
- dexwiz 4y ago
  Same, it shut down hard here, but 2022 has been pretty normal outside of WFH and lingering social impacts. Since the lift of mask mandates for airplanes, very few people wear masks. We completely dropped the charade of wearing masks while walking to tables, which was in full force just a year ago.
- al_borland 4y ago
  I think there is a difference between people not caring anymore and it actually being over. I see a lot of the same things, but at the same time, everyone I know who has gone on vacation anywhere has come home with COVID. My mom has COVID right now and she doesn't even do anything. There is the argument that it's just a like a cold/flu now, but I know more people getting COVID than any other illness. There are also still a pretty significant number of deaths, which will likely have it it the top 5 causes of death for 2022. It's not as bad as it was at it's peak, but it doesn't feel over. We've thought it was over several times so far, and each time people started to relax, a new variant came out and cases spiked. In theory, future variants should be less life threatening than the early ones, but only time will tell.

3 points by RafelMri 4y ago

The scars will live on forever. Be strong America.

The flu is never “over”. Some years it’s more damaging but aside from the covid years it’s there doing it’s thing. Covid might turn into a cold-like virus or a flu-like virus in terms of impact. If it stays like it is now, it’s “done”. That might be the endgame. People get flu shots each year. They might get covid shots each year. And some will check out from either.

schwartzworld 4y ago

It's over once we stop requiring quarantine. Any parent with smallish children is still living in the pandemic, as you could find yourself home with the kids for a week at a moments notice.

tamaharbor 4y ago

It’s over when we want it to be.

whywhywhywhy 4y ago

Where I live it already is, no ones talking or thinking about it anymore. Bars are full, no mask or vaccine rules, office full of people again. Not sure what the rest of the world is like but I think majority in my country consider it over.

dexwiz 4y ago
Same, it shut down hard here, but 2022 has been pretty normal outside of WFH and lingering social impacts. Since the lift of mask mandates for airplanes, very few people wear masks. We completely dropped the charade of wearing masks while walking to tables, which was in full force just a year ago.
al_borland 4y ago
I think there is a difference between people not caring anymore and it actually being over. I see a lot of the same things, but at the same time, everyone I know who has gone on vacation anywhere has come home with COVID. My mom has COVID right now and she doesn't even do anything. There is the argument that it's just a like a cold/flu now, but I know more people getting COVID than any other illness. There are also still a pretty significant number of deaths, which will likely have it it the top 5 causes of death for 2022. It's not as bad as it was at it's peak, but it doesn't feel over. We've thought it was over several times so far, and each time people started to relax, a new variant came out and cases spiked. In theory, future variants should be less life threatening than the early ones, but only time will tell.