Covid today

Now that some of the political heat about Covid has subsided, it is time for a review of some of the factors that turned out to be of little importance and in some cases not true. Getting the vaccine did not prevent getting the disease and this should have been obvious because that is the case with all vaccines. The same goes for spreading the vaccine after being vaccinated. Stay six feet apart was a rule based on no evidence of efficacy. This meant that half the students had to use home schooling because classroom size was limited. Closing schools when the risk to children was far lower than the normal flu risk saying they were protecting teachers. Children routinely expose teachers to many health hazards. While a surgical mask may be effective the paper masks used by most were not very effective. They interfered with communication and were a severe inconvenience in very young children. People were told to stay at home and were also told to go out in the fresh air Many people were banned from social media for saying things that were deemed misinformation when in fact they were true and others were allowed on social media to disseminate things that were not true. This is always the risk when the government tries to limit speech. The origin of the virus remains controversial because it has become political which means it may never be known. This is not the way science should work. Fear was used as a motivator to enforce many regulations which later proved to be unnecessary. This often happens with emotional responses.