Wishful, Dangerous Thinking

I saw this in one of my coronavirus newsletters yesterday and agree 100% with his thinking. It worries me to hear people in denial and jumping to conclusions, saying things like, "I'm done with this pandemic, I want to have fun and I can't go on vacation!" We all want fun, but not at the expense of our lives. I'd much rather be safe that sorry. Get vaccinated, get boosted, wear your mask, avoid crowds, ignore the conspiracy theories, and stop whining already!

"The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that it is starting to see a worrying increase in deaths in most regions of the world, and that it was premature for any country to give up attempts to halt transmission. 'We’re concerned that a narrative has taken hold in some countries that because of vaccines, and because of Omicron’s high transmissibility and lower severity, preventing transmission is no longer possible, and no longer necessary. Nothing could be further from the truth,' WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Tuesday.

'More transmission means more deaths. We are not calling for any country to return to so-called lockdown. But we are calling on all countries to protect their people using every tool in the toolkit, not vaccines alone. It’s premature for any country either to surrender, or to declare victory,' he added."