Sideways
Moderator
Meanwhile in Australia (aka the Ridiculously Lucky country), our one state that had a second wave recorded it's first Triple 0 day - no new cases, no current cases, no deaths. It was pretty emotional scenes at airports and state border crossings as people got to travel interstate and see family etc for the first time in over 4 months.
We've been lucky, but the attitude here by the majority (which I personally think is in large part due to consistent education and messaging across the board from the get-go - despite their in-fighting, none of our political leaders went down the "this is a hoax, nothing you need to worry about" route) is probably vastly different to other places.
My state didn't have a second wave at all (touch wood). But we're still using mandatory sign-in at most public places, hospitals, pools, aged care homes, etc), and most shops have left the stickers marking out social distancing places and plexiglass screens in place.
I've just been knocked back from visiting my nan on the basis that I don't have evidence of the flu jab I had earlier this year. No qualms about that personally - I can arrange a copy online, and aged care are high risk, so with or without covid it's probably not an stupid entry-requirement to have in place. Covid vaccine evidence will no doubt become a standard requirement for entry in due course.
But...I can very definitely see that simply not flying with the general public in other parts of the world.
We've been lucky, but the attitude here by the majority (which I personally think is in large part due to consistent education and messaging across the board from the get-go - despite their in-fighting, none of our political leaders went down the "this is a hoax, nothing you need to worry about" route) is probably vastly different to other places.
My state didn't have a second wave at all (touch wood). But we're still using mandatory sign-in at most public places, hospitals, pools, aged care homes, etc), and most shops have left the stickers marking out social distancing places and plexiglass screens in place.
I've just been knocked back from visiting my nan on the basis that I don't have evidence of the flu jab I had earlier this year. No qualms about that personally - I can arrange a copy online, and aged care are high risk, so with or without covid it's probably not an stupid entry-requirement to have in place. Covid vaccine evidence will no doubt become a standard requirement for entry in due course.
But...I can very definitely see that simply not flying with the general public in other parts of the world.