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I noticed that too - I will say that the only people who I think could conceivably vote No is somebody who doesn’t believe it’s real.
I am the lone 'no' vote as of now, and it's not because I don't believe this whole thing is real, but there is a bit of nuance in my vote. Coronaviruses have been around for a while. I think with a high enough vaccination rate, people catching it and getting natural immunity, and less contagious/deadly mutations in the future that we could see it all but go away in the sense that we don't need to take the precautions we have for the past year and a half. That said, I think we will continue to see more strains like what we are dealing with off and on into the future.
There is of course a great deal of debate on whether the universe will exist forever or has a "shelf life". So even if we believe humans will somehow carry the virus off of earth so it survives when the planet is consumed by the sun, it is still iffy that the universe will actually be around forever.
One thing I wonder about: We often hear people say stuff like, "There are 65K influenza deaths each year and we don't change our lives too drastically because of that." And that's true ... but I wonder if, post-pandemic, we'll still be as willing to ignore those deaths. It's a little like the thought experiment of, if we had never invented cars and you introduced them tomorrow as this amazing invention that, oh by the way, will kill 50K Americans each year, no one would consider that acceptable. I just feel like the fact that Covid has made us so much more conscious of deaths from respiratory viruses means we're not going to just go back to accepting the status quo.
Don’t overthink it. Sure, we’ll handle it better over time, but that’s not what the OP asked. At the very best, covid will end up like measles, mumps, polio, and a whole slew of vaccine preventable illnesses. But those all still exist because of maldistribution of resources and pockets of vaccine refusal. Despite greater availability of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, anti-science political propaganda will ensure covid’s a keeper.Dickies said:
Yes, we should adapt our behavior. The priority should be removing barriers to vaccination, along with better infection hygiene, not limited to discouraging working while sick, washing hands more often and *gasp* occasional mask use. Moreover, we should improve workplaces with revamped ventilation and less obligatory on-campus personnel. And for the love of god, no more buffets.ignatiusjreilly said:
I agree 100% with discouraging working while sick. I know of 3 hospitals in the Miami area that changed their sick policy about 15 years ago, so that the first 3 days of sick leave came out of vacation days. The purpose was to discourage abuse, but some people who don't wanna lose their vacation days come in with respiratory illnesses.
