Governments have really dropped the ball in terms of de-escalating the perception of covid. Once the vaccines were available, and it was clear that Covid has be

Governments have really dropped the ball in terms of de-escalating the perception of covid. Once the vaccines were available, and it was clear that Covid has become endemic, governments should have made it abundantly clear that the disease should not be treated any differently than the cold or flu. Instead, we are seeing the effects of prolonged fear over covid. For instance, child ICUs were full as RSV ravaged classrooms filled with children with weak immune systems. Multiple people I know have had extremely important medical appointments, e.g. the first OB visit during pregnancy, that they had to push back because of a Covid infection. The government should be telling people that the risk / reward tradeoff of such a decision is not worth it.