This Sub Has Too Much Covid-Anxiety

Before you read the headline and attempt to downvote me to oblivion, consider a few things:The federal government has released guidance for vaccinated individuals, basically saying it’s safe to do whatever you want without masks. They say to consider continuing to wear a mask if you’re immunocompromised or have underlying conditions.Everywhere in the world with comparable vaccine procurement (notice how I said procurement and not rates, looking at you 🇺🇸) has far less restrictions than us. Step 3 is a good start, but we are still far more restricted than people in BC, Alberta, Europe, and the US.We have one of the highest vaccine rates in the world! 80% of our eligible population has one shot, we’re closing in on 60% with 2!! (We probably have already hit it tbh, I haven’t looked at these numbers in a while)When your entire population (that could be harmed) by covid has the option to get two shots, that’s the best the government can do. “You can lead the horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink”. Anti-vaxxers are going to be stupid, we can’t force them to get a shot.Catching covid when you’re fully vaccinated isn’t a big deal. The CDC tracks breakthrough cases (in 48 states) of C19 in the US. As of July 6th, there were 5186 breakthrough cases that led to hospitalization or death after being fully vaccinated. The number of people fully vaccinated in the US is 157 million. This math yields a 0.003% chance of dying or being hospitalized from C19 after vaccination.To conclude, I want to clarify something: COVID-19 is a serious disease. There’s a reason why the WHO declared it a global pandemic. If you haven’t already, go get vaccinated. I am double vaccinated myself.But now that a majority of our eligible population is double vaccinated, it’s time to relax a bit about covid. It’s dangerous to unvaccinated people, yes. But if you’re vaccinated, you are safe. We can safely reopen, we can safely loosen way more restrictions than we already have. I hope for some of you, this helps – I just want to return to normal 🙂EDIT: I’m seeing a lot of downvotes (as expected), and I’d love to hear why. I think the discussion about covid anxiety and Ontario’s level of restrictions has become somewhat taboo, if you lean too far either way you’re often easily labelled. If this post offended you, or you felt the need to downvote it, please let me know why 🤝 Id love to talk about it with you👍 via /r/ontario https://ift.tt/3eJucgf