[Tmarkwald]

Originally Posted by Gulfcoast

The whole reasoning behind mask wearing, social distancing and shut downs was to prevent our medical facilities from being overrun. It seems that we have arrived at a place where our medical facilities are not in any danger of being overrun. We know a lot more about the virus now, initial data has been corrected to more accurately reflect infection/hospital/death rates, we have a vaccine and many people have been infected and now have natural immunity to this bug.

We are not going to eradicate this virus off of the planet nor has that ever been a goal or expectation. All of the hoops we have been jumping through this past year were meant to prevent our medical facilities from becoming overwhelmed. We appear to have accomplished the goal. If you are worried about catching Covid, get the shot.

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