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

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54. I think it's more of a matter of risk assessment than a binary yes/no thing

On both an individual and societal level. We definitely need to accept that Covid is here to stay - It was probably always going to go endemic, so those that argue that we all need to become hermits until/unless it is eradicated are just as delusional as the "it's just like the flu" types. And both Covid and the responses to it have stretched a number of important systems, such as healthcare and education to the breaking point.

So yes, we need to get on with our lives. And yet there are plenty of things that people can do, such as get vaccinated and continue wearing masks in close quarters, that mitigate the risk, with negligible costs to individuals or society at large.

It's like driving - You're safer not ever driving or riding in a vehicle, but there are severe costs to doing so in our industrialized world, so people accept the risk, and most responsible people do what they can to make it as safe as possible (wear seatbelts, follow road rules, etc.)