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Hortensis

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20. Agree with Cadoman. And new, significant variants are virtually guaranteed

Wed Feb 9, 2022, 05:12 AM

Feb 2022

because so much of the world is not vaccinated yet. We don't know what they'll be. This isn't over.

That said, vaccination has been allowing many to decide to get along with their lives for some time.

As for epidemiology struggling to lower death rates from this and future strains, mandates in areas that impose them will continue to get loosened and tightened as the pandemic progresses. Case rates are currently plummeting, but hospitals are packed and deaths are high. Real deaths passed a million some time ago.

There are new treatment drugs that work for the strains we have. When they're actually available, more high risk people will also be able to decide to get on with our lives. And more are being developed.

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DU Poll: Is it time we accept Covid is here to stay and we just need to get on with our lives [View all] BigmanPigman Feb 2022 OP

I don't know if it's here to stay qazplm135 Feb 2022 #1

+1, looking at history its not here to stay in its most lethal forms but its not just going to pack uponit7771 Feb 2022 #17

I could get on with my life better if the world was 90% vaccinated. LakeArenal Feb 2022 #2

It would be nice Mad_Machine76 Feb 2022 #34

Sadly so bottomofthehill Feb 2022 #3

It will pass like everything else. I imagine within the next year or two, it will be close to ColinC Feb 2022 #4

Voted yes, as long as we don't have spikes. But we have to keep up with Hoyt Feb 2022 #5

I believe many strains of Covid Deuxcents Feb 2022 #6

COVID was here to stay back in March 2020 when RWers refused to do anything to stop the spread. LonePirate Feb 2022 #7

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2022 #18

What does "get on with our lives" mean? zaj Feb 2022 #8

it's a fact, not even a question. Learn to live with covid for decades. AlexSFCA Feb 2022 #9

Define "just get on with our lives" unblock Feb 2022 #10

Those worried over Covid and having received a potential exposure need to get over their fear and... VarryOn Feb 2022 #11

For some reason, it would not let me vote. But, I would have voted "yes".... VarryOn Feb 2022 #12

That's odd that it wouldn't let you vote so I tried it myself. BigmanPigman Feb 2022 #13

When I click on the thread, and it shows the poll... VarryOn Feb 2022 #14

Doctors and nurses and people needing hospital treatment for other issues need to get over it too. Crunchy Frog Feb 2022 #15

I voted No as frustrated as I am. We still need to maintain some serious actions... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #16

there is no choice -- only what the science tells us to do cadoman Feb 2022 #19

Agree with Cadoman. And new, significant variants are virtually guaranteed Hortensis Feb 2022 #20

It is "here to stay" but we need more people to get vaccinated due to the variants that will occur. OhioChick Feb 2022 #21

I clicked "other" Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #22

Generally agree dwayneb Feb 2022 #27

There are so many factors here Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #43

"Other". I've been getting on with my life for years now. Kaleva Feb 2022 #23

Why are so many here in such a big hurry to die, or kill-off their neighbors? NurseJackie Feb 2022 #24

+1 Mad_Machine76 Feb 2022 #36

But that's the thing Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #44

I guess everyone has different priorities. Some are willing to make sacrifices, others aren't. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #46

This is Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #55

I guess some of us have more stamina than others. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #62

Clearly Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #68

Everyone has their priorities, don't they. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #72

I'm with you on this post 100% Arazi Feb 2022 #79

When we say "to stay" I'm not sure what that means. The rest of our lives? JanMichael Feb 2022 #25

We could have "gotten on with our lives" a long time ago if there weren't so many fools tanyev Feb 2022 #26

Monmouth poll, 70% of Americans agree it's time to accept, get on with their lives, read that one? Shanti Shanti Shanti Feb 2022 #28

Politicians don't get to decide when a pandemic is over. BeckyDem Feb 2022 #29

+1 Mad_Machine76 Feb 2022 #35

I think what sometimes gets lost ForgedCrank Feb 2022 #30

The question is vague to the point of almost having no meaning for me Tom Rinaldo Feb 2022 #31

COVID is obviously worse than the Flu Mad_Machine76 Feb 2022 #33

Definitely. Far worse, and the flu is worse than the common cold ... Tom Rinaldo Feb 2022 #40

Thanks... you're correct. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #39

exactly Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #45

It's likely to be endemic at this point Mad_Machine76 Feb 2022 #32

Accept how? haele Feb 2022 #37

It's not over yet. I heard yesterday about a former coworker who just died from covid! Emile Feb 2022 #38

This is right-wing framing Blecht Feb 2022 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Feb 2022 #82

Not a good poll for this time Meowmee Feb 2022 #42

Yes, but with some adjustments karynnj Feb 2022 #47

Exactly Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #58

I "accept" that I am fully vaxxed, and if the willfully unvaxxed start to die off in droves Tarc Feb 2022 #48

No, We need to force the wingnuts to accept that there's no God-given right to spread disease. Towlie Feb 2022 #49

I keep seeing posters say covid would be defeated by now if people did X. Ace Rothstein Feb 2022 #56

One of Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin's cartoons: Towlie Feb 2022 #74

Well, yeah, people should get vaxxed but it wouldn't have ended the pandemic. Ace Rothstein Feb 2022 #76

There was never a chance to "defeat" COVID Zeitghost Feb 2022 #78

If it moves to an "endemic" phase.... Happy Hoosier Feb 2022 #50

Not yet. After Omicron Takket Feb 2022 #51

Depends what you mean by accept it iemanja Feb 2022 #52

This is horrific AntivaxHunters Feb 2022 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Feb 2022 #81

I think it's more of a matter of risk assessment than a binary yes/no thing cemaphonic Feb 2022 #54

Nuanced answer Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #59

I wear my mask to make a political statement! Emile Feb 2022 #57

That's pointless then Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #60

Me too. Emile Feb 2022 #61

Sorry Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #63

+1 thank you Emile Feb 2022 #67

There were plenty here who said that last year when mask mandates went away. Ace Rothstein Feb 2022 #69

Ha! Good one! NurseJackie Feb 2022 #73

the lockdown measures could have contained it before it became endemic, but fishwax Feb 2022 #64

How would lockdown measures have contained it? Ace Rothstein Feb 2022 #70

I dunno--I suppose I'm just speaking theoretically based on what I heard from experts at the time fishwax Feb 2022 #75

What I heard at the time SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2022 #77

Absofuckinglutely!!! beaglelover Feb 2022 #65

It will probably be around for a while Bettie Feb 2022 #66

I voted yes SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2022 #71

Same here Zeitghost Feb 2022 #80