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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just read in the POst that the United States is poised to surpass its record for covid-19 hospitalizations as soon as Tuesday, with no end in sight to skyrocketing case loads, falling staff levels and the struggles of a medical system trying to provide care amid an unprecedented surge of the coronavirus.  This stay open at all costs doesn't seem to be working. :/
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I just read an article that stated that we are headed for a rapid drop in omicron in most places in the country.  I don't know if we have hit the peak, but the UK is now seeing declines, and we are a week or so behind them.

The UK has schools open.  The way they handled it was to just "rip the bandaid off" in one go, whereas other European countries are taking the bandaid off slowly which means omicron will linger longer.

In the early phase of covid, when we didn't know much about it, did not have a good idea how to deal with it, didn't have vaxx, it made perfect sense to shutdown. But, now we have vaxx; know how to deal with it.  I don't think we need to shutdown the schools.  For most people, omicron is like a cold. My family members have had it.  All vaxxed.  There is a 0.0004% chance your child may need hospitalization due to covid. That is very very low.

Hang in there, folks.

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-washington-pandemics-160ded1ce8d82075057630e11b610358

[quote]European countries that impose lockdowns won’t necessarily come through the omicron wave with fewer infections; the cases may just be spread out over a longer period of time.[/quote][/quote]

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