Reminder:
The WHO Director-General noted that the lifting of emergency status did not mean the end of the pandemic: "The worst thing any country could do now is to use this news as a reason to let down its guard, to dismantle the systems it has built, or to send the message to its people that COVID-19 is nothing to worry about."
https://www.who.int/news-room/speeches/item/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing---5-may-2023
My wife opened up Zoom today a bit before a meeting with her remote work force coworkers and I watched this unfold:
Coworker: I'm SO sick(barely able to talk). I don't know why I get sick EVERY time I go on vacation lately.
My Wife: You think it's COVID?
Coworker: No, definitely not. The whole family has it, too, so it might be something viral?
Other Coworker: Sounds like allergies.
*30 minute discussion of just how bad everyone's allergies are breaks out while my wife just sits there...silently...with a horrified look on her face*
