Covid-19: are we there yet?

Covid-19: are we there yet?
No escape from masks for some time to come. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Pattrick Smellie
Covid-19 is not over.It is just everywhere.Because of that, today’s announcements, which substantially relax the restrictions that have ruled our lives for the last two years, do represent a point of no return.Unless a new, far deadlier variant were to emerge now, a return to 2020-style “team of five million” compliance with covid restrictions is almost unthinkable.Other than a diminishing group of people who are either immune-compromised, vulnerable or more risk-averse than the majority, even the most covid-compliant New Zeal...

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