Remember when the pandemic first started and all the guidance was so confusing? It isn’t any better now. No one knows what to do. Businesses and schools and government offices all have their own guidelines. Hospitals have theirs. It is all still so confusing and we are starting the third year in this pandemic.
I remember early on, people were making comparisons to the plague. It seemed so unbelievable that people locked away for two years. We scoffed at the idea.
All this confusion makes me think we need an old fashioned flowchart. Yes, no, if, and then questions. It is unbelievable how confusing and convoluted the decisions around masking, testing, isolation, quarantine, vaccination, boosters, rapid test, antigen, PCR, monoclonal antibodies, and social distancing still remain.
Let’s hope this third year will take us back to even just a little normality. Wouldn’t that be nice?
Written as part of Linda Hill’s JusJoJan.
Prompt word today (unbelievable) submitted by J-Dub from J-Dubs Grin and Bear It.
I for one, would love continuity in the protocols.
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That would be nice.
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Too true. CDC has one (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/hcp/flowchart-risk-assessment.pdf), as does everyone else. Google it – the list is huge.
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The only problem, is that for positive tests, it simply says case management. That is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Oh I love a good flowchart. Would that there was one for what we’ve been through. I’m with you, I hope year three of this pandemic gets us back to something vaguely normal.
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I’m hanging on to every shred of hope, Ally.
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We live in hope – but not much!
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It only takes a little, Peter.
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Indeed it does!
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Normal would be nice.
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If only it could be so, John.
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😊
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As of this Thursday (27th), all C-19 restrictions end in England, with the exception of all medical establishments, and on any transport system in London. No more compulsory masks, no more restricted gatherings, everything is open for ‘business as usual’.
Let’s hope we don’t see a huge rise in deaths next month.
Best wishes, Pete.
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They just announced the first cases of the new variant in the US. Let’s hope your changes are not premature decisions, Pete.
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