No days out
No concerts
No theatre
No dancing
No curries
Or fine dining
No holidays
No cruises
No city breaks
No sunny beaches
No airport lounges
Or duty free
No commuting
No office
No family
No friends
No football
Or jam sessions
New kitchen
New bathroom
New decking
New porch
New fireplace
New granddaughter
What a year it’s been, well almost 2 years of Covid restrictions, lockdowns, travel limited, locked away for most of it, no theatre, concerts or dancing.
Some of its good, some heavy handed.
The current year has emphasised the vast differences in remuneration and living standards between the people providing frontline health services, non medical key workers and those of us fortunate enough to work from home.
Those differences need to be addressed. We also need to build reserves of PPE for any future outbreak without passing outlandish contracts to cronies because we are living in desperate times.
I consider myself very fortunate to be one of the latter group. That’s emphasised as my children and partners including a nurse, doctor and police officer, have all had Covid.
It’s out there, it’s real and if you’re elderly, obese or have underlying health issues the consequences could be fatal. No wonder people have been scared and closing themselves away.
Personally, I’m loving working from home, no daily 3 hour commute to Edinburgh, no up at 6am, on the train at 7am and back home at 7pm feeling constantly tired.
But the downside is the restrictions have at times put a kibosh on having a “normal” life.
Well they did for first year as the numbers in hospital and the death toll rocketed
As the vaccine rollout began, numbers dropped and things began to open up again.
As last year drew an end Omicron became the dominant strain and Delta cases have dropped dramatically.
That is particularly good news as catching Omicron doesn’t lead to the same number of hospitalisations or deaths as Delta.
Even better news is that the antibodies and T-Cell responses produced by Omicron provide a natural resistance to the more serious Delta strain.
The following video by Doctor John Campbell is interesting viewing and I’ve been watching his content over the course of the pandemic.
He cuts through the nonsense and politics and provide a critique of the medical research in layman terms.
So looks like although Covid is here to stay, we might be getting near a point where we just need to face it and get back to leading a normal life.
Only downside is I might need to start going back into the office!
Bummer! 😀
Happy New Year to you and yours!
DancingBhoy 