![]() ![]() At the same time, we should admit that now is not like before. ![]() The gist is that we should assume Covid is not yet endemic. The best piece I have read so far on how variants change our experience of Covid is by Sarah Zhang in The Atlantic. Omicron is so much more contagious than the Delta variant that it feels like a different pandemic, with new balances to strike. For two weeks, I have had a Covid notification every other day. I have enough privilege that my close circle has been relatively unscathed in the past two years. By New Year’s Eve, Covid had swept through my networks with a ferocity I had not previously experienced at any point in the pandemic. The cancellation came not a moment too soon. ![]() After I initiated “The Talk” about risk factors, we ended up canceling all of our holiday plans. Alas, the Omicron variant made both trips too risky. Giddy from vaccines, we planned to gather in the Blue Ridge Mountains and then head to a celebration in a venue overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. My family’s holiday season was far more muted than planned. ![]()
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