Yes, but the vaccine doesn't offer much protection against Omicron, and far too many people still aren't vaccinated.

I think we are geting so burnt out from Covid and have become complacent. Omicron is significantly more contagious than Alpha and even Delta. Remember how carefully we were back in the early days?

People haven't thought the flu was worse since the earliest days of Covid, before it was even called a pandemic. It's killed over 5 million people, and maimed millions of survivors. It's far worse than the flu.

Honestly, this scares me.  Thanks to the $FB whistlebower, we've already seen the dangers of people being fed an alternative reality on Facebook.  What happens when people actually start LIVING in an alternative reality?

Good thoughts... you definitely highlight the ideal worth striving for, but how exactly do we get there? You don't actually offer a concrete plan.  What are the actual steps to take to achieve this goal?

You may not, but many others do. Did you know that in your settings on this site, you can select that you only want articles in your customized feed, no videos?

Excellent as always Michele. Thank you.

Excellent as always, Gail.

How is Israel faring with the Delta varient? I've been considering your country to be like the "canary in the coalmine" for the rest of us.

Nice to see you back.