I think they just know that COVID is over. And people are done with the restrictions. The vast majority of people are willing to take their chances with the virus.
This is why I am okay with ending the restrictions, so long as I can still follow most of them for another couple months. The more people that turn, the better for me.
Regardless of mandates or rules or anything else, it will basically come down to whether, when, and if you wear a mask, get vaccinated, get boostered, etc. or not going forward. Some people will, be it out of concern for themselves, concern for others, or both, or not to do any or all of these things at all. Everyone will eventually decide for themself.
The rules and mandates will eventually go away and people WILL be left to decide for themselves and we will all - one way or another - live (or die) with the consequences going forward.
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It really sucks that it's come to this.
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The thing I find remarkable is that it has become pretty obvious that being outside is fairly safe, which would seem to infer that better ventilation indoors would be a useful way of keeping the death toll down, but I’ve not heard of any efforts in this area. We seem to be headed towards just throwing our hands up and leaving the future death toll to random chance without making any efforts to take control of that future.
I've seen lots of HEPA air purifiers in dental and medical offices over the past couple of years. I also have noted that regardless of mask mandate status, all medical and dental offices have required masks since early in the pandemic and with no indications that there will be a change in policy. For me, that's a key indicator that masks are believed to be at least somewhat helpful by those whose opinions I hold in higher regard.
As Cicero said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”
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