Great replies from all of you, read every single one of them. It would be great if you we could also take notes of the country you live.
Currently, I'm temporarily suspended from work, thus I have to stay at home most of the day. It really sucks, because other EU countries have imposed far better response measures. Here, the government is doing the exact opposite, instead of announcing measures to increase the health's system capacity, or a more effective vaccination program, they impose measures that have been proved to not be effective, while hurting the economy even further.
Not only that, the prime minister Mitsotakis and the other members of the parliament (Of his party of course), are dining in Ikaria in broad daylight, open for everyone to see. If I did that, I'd have to pay an enormous fine instead. We only hear excuses for their actions while at the same time they are provoking their own citizens.
We also have a one-month lockdown and since we are living in a depressed area we got our relief goods coming from the government this is to prevent people from going out, it's really depressing in our areas because three families are cramming in a 50 sqm meter house it's really is depressing, but we need to heed the call of our government to protect ourselves, we have to take it whether we like it or not.
One month? Well, I wouldn't really complain, we're closed since the start
My thoughts exactly, the results of the protective measures (Quarantine, limited mobility and so on) along with the vaccination and the rise in temperature that is coming in the following months will relieve the population and the health sector. I believe that things will do get better after March or April, however, is the same thing going to happen the next winter?
My guess would be probably not, due to the vaccination and the acquired immunity, but measures will probably be taken then too.
What is still insufficiently researched is how long the immunity of a person who has survived the virus lasts - and also how long a particular vaccine gives someone immunity. Therefore, it is possible that people will have to be vaccinated every year, as is the case with the flu - and that wearing protective masks and disinfecting will be something that will be needed for years to come. Now there are 2 big problems, insufficient doses of vaccine for everyone, and a few very dangerous mutations of the virus for which again it is not possible to prove at the moment that the current vaccines work.
The fact is that people have to learn to deal with reality - those who reject it and want everything to be as before live in one big misconception that humans are superior beings on this planet, and in fact it is a virus invisible to the human eye that has turned the world upside down.
of November. That's 5 months.