DU Poll: Is it time we accept Covid is here to stay and we just need to get on with our lives

[JanMichael]

25. When we say "to stay" I'm not sure what that means. The rest of our lives?

100 years 200 years? As weird as this particular pandemic has been the damn thing may just turn into stuffy nose only in 2 weeks. Or I could just vanish. So basically I don't know.

I personally can't answer that question. Probably the idea that we are past being completely overwhelmed by COVID/variants in hospitals, and people having to be quarantined for days after exposure, may in fact be over or almost over. Maybe as soon as March or April or May. That would certainly help businesses and government function better.

On the other hand the Frankenstein variant may come out in a month and we will be back to square one. Frankenstein doesn't care if you've had Pfizer or Johnson & Johnson. If that happens I think I'll just start a business making resperator headgear for activewear and dating.

The thing that I think may happen is that a good part of the population including myself will probably continue to wear a mask in public areas where I don't know the people. Like the grocery store. I'll probably go to bars but I'll sit outside. Honestly I don't know. But I do know is that it is still a thing. Hopefully a thing that will chill the fuck out shortly.

Remember Delta was a surprise. Omicron was a surprise. Any more surprises?