Coronavirus Thread

Sarah got her first dose last week and has yet to turn into a lizard cyborg. Sore arm on day 2 but that was about it.
 
New CDC Guidelines: Fully vaccinated people can meet with other fully vaccinated people.

  • Visit with other fully vaccinated people indoors without wearing masks or staying 6 feet apart.
  • Visit with unvaccinated people from one other household indoors without wearing masks or staying 6 feet apart if everyone in the other household is at low risk for severe disease.
  • Refrain from quarantine and testing if they do not have symptoms of COVID-19 after contact with someone who has COVID-19.
 
Pffft, strict. Museums are open, zoos are open, parks are open, everybody has to work, even non-essential shops are open (only by appointment though).
Only one person allowed to visit at a time, only one designated person per family.
WFH is obligatory for all jobs that allow it.
Schools are closing one week early for a longer Easter vacation; preschool is still open.
Hospitality is all closed down (restaurants, hotels, cafes - though take away and delivery is allowed); non-medical contact services (hair dressers, tattoo shops, beauty salons etc) are closed again (were open for...one week? Two?).
No non-essential travel abroad (which, given the size of the country, equates more or less to "no leaving the state" for Americans).
Outside, maximum meetings of 4 people (down from 10 - again, this was for like one week) with masks and distance.
Evening clock - no non-essential movement allowed - between midnight and 5AM.
Night shops have to close at 10PM, no alcohol sales after 8PM.
I....Think that's most of it?

Everybody and their dog is getting pretty sick of it, though - in contrast to other countries, we've been going more-or-less like this since November. No hard lockdowns, no real third wave, just the slow start of one as people relax and don't stick to the rules as closely.
More and more people are willing to take it anymore, though - compare to Germany where Merkel had to walk back her Easter lockdown. There's lots of grumbling and slowly, more civic disobedience.
 
As for vaccines - we've now vaccinated almost all people in care facilities and healthcare workers, most 85+, and we're now working on risk groups and 75+. About 12% of the population? Plus another 35-40% suspected to have antibodies due to having had the virus.
 
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