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Activities such as mask-wearing, even after mandates are lifted, will remain, although likely at much-reduced levels.
“We’re all going to be exposed to COVID. It’s going to happen sooner or later. In your lifetime, you will be exposed to COVID. It may not be this winter, but it could be next winter or the winter after. It’s coming,” he says.
We’re not there yet, though, and even a vaccination rate of 90 per cent leaves plenty of potential for hospitals to be swamped.
Recent figures in Ontario indicate that close to two-thirds of COVID hospitalizations are among those who are not fully vaccinated, while nearly 80 per cent of COVID patients in intensive care are similarly not completely vaxxed. Additionally, the unvaccinated population is not evenly distributed, instead clustered in groups — racialized and oppressed communities, for example — that can trigger outbreaks and delay endemicity.
We’re not there yet, though, and even a vaccination rate of 90 per cent leaves plenty of potential for hospitals to be swamped.
I fear this will go on forever. I'm waiting for people to realise Covid is seasonal
originally posted by: HawkEyi
a reply to: cirrus12
I fear this will go on forever. I'm waiting for people to realise Covid is seasonal
It will go on forever if people dont start realizing it sooner. The fact you would be needing a booster dose every three months or between four to three months is not normal.
originally posted by: HawkEyi
a reply to: cirrus12
I fear this will go on forever. I'm waiting for people to realise Covid is seasonal
It will go on forever if people dont start realizing it sooner. The fact you would be needing a booster dose every three months or between four to three months is not normal.