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The combination of vaccines, the less-severe Omicron variant, and the rapidly-declining infection and hospitalization rates have resulted in a substantially-decreased risk of Covid infection and severe illness for most people. This is, of course, a welcome event.

Before we celebrate, though, two issues. First, while there's a decreased risk right now, it won't necessarily continue in the future. We've been here before, where the Covid infection has decreased to low levels, only to spike to record highs caused by new variants.

Second, people who are vulnerable — that is, those who are older, are immunocompromised, or have underlying health conditions — continue to remain at higher risk. While they can take steps to protect themselves, those steps are most effective when the community as a whole joins in.

In our rush to rid ourselves of the very public health precautions that successfully battled this invading virus, I think we're leaving the vulnerable behind to fend for themselves.

I don't think this is a mark of a compassionate, well-functioning society.

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Well said and I could not agree more.

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It’s sad that masks, vaccines, plexiglass shields and all that have been politicized. They seem to be seen as symbols of oppression for some rather than tools to combat disease and protect lives.

It’s likely there is the same percentage of people thinking unclearly and believing nonsense as there have always been. It certainly seems like more, tho.

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I'm old enough to remember standing in line in elementary school to receive an oral dose of the polio vaccine, back in the late 1950's. There was little, if any, resistance to the concept of getting vaccinated to combat a disease. Most parents were, I think, grateful for the vaccination programs available to help protect their children.

Today, we live in a time where there's much more distrust of our institutions like government, science, and news outlets. There's an inordinate focus on individualism and "personal freedom," and a decline in a concern for the general welfare of others.

I see it as a decline in our society.

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I was very proud of this community the way it rallied to protect each other from Covid back in 2020. People seem to have forgotten about their neighbors and made it into some sort of oppression a issue. It’s not too much to be careful and think about those around you.

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I couldn’t agree with you more. Is he just trying to throw his weight around. Protections don’t hurt anybody.

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Dana Haff has always had opinions that are, shall we say, different than other supervisors. But this is a bridge too far.

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Happy for you re Greenwich!

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I agree with your comments about Half On another note, was at the Civic Center on Saturday . Go every year, great to be back can t wait for the States What they really need are railings going down and up the stairs. Unsafe, especially for seniors which I am

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I’m one of many that go very slowly on those stairs. There are couple staircases with railings, but they all should have them.

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