This year we kill it: Corona Virus Thread Mark II

[Squire Doodad]

(I would not use the National Review as a source, just in general.)

A potential problem is that natural immunity appears to be lasting far less time with Omicron than it was with Alpha and Delta. We're not completely certain on this, but if true it would put a huge damper on "Omicron burns itself out" hopes.

Yes. It's good manners. I hope it catches on for other things besides COVID; if you have a contagious disease, mask up if you can't stay home. Perhaps we need to 'encourage' companies not to force employees to come in to work at, say, a burger joint when they're coughing all over the food.

Yeah, I think if masking when sick became a norm in a post-pandemic area, you'd likely have somewhat lower case rates for the flu and the like.

And of course the more spread there is the more likely another variant will appear.

Very true.