With this most recent wave of Omicron and the Pandemic of the Vaccinated I am seeing a new trend: Covid testing, isolation and quarantine policies are just being ignored if they are inconvenient. Contact tracing seems to be over.
Last fall if a child tested positive in the local school district there would be a flurry of activity. Close contacts would be identified, parents would be notified and all close contacts child would get daily rapid tests. Today it is the exact opposite. I know that there are 20+ kids out sick and testing positive. Not a single contact tracing call. No rapid testing. Last night one of my daughters said "Sarah was back in school today and she was only out for two days... she still has the sniffles and said she never tested negative but is pretty much over it and did not want to miss another day..."
A year ago at my work, if you tested positive you were required under threat of termination to contact the 'Crisis management team' to report your condition for tracing etc. and were then mandated a 2w isolation etc... Yesterday one of my Canadian employees called in sick and said "Felling crappy and tested positive, I'm going to take a day or to off as sick time. I'll probably be back to work on Wed or Thur."
Across the board in social circles, businesses, government institutions, schools, etc. Covid is now being treated like a annoyance and a bad cold. I am actually optimistic that the sheep are starting to wake up
With this most recent wave of Omicron and the Pandemic of the Vaccinated I am seeing a new trend: Covid testing, isolation and quarantine policies are just being ignored if they are inconvenient. Contact tracing seems to be over.
Last fall if a child tested positive in the local school district there would be a flurry of activity. Close contacts would be identified, parents would be notified and all close contacts child would get daily rapid tests. Today it is the exact opposite. I know that there are 20+ kids out sick and testing positive. Not a single contact tracing call. No rapid testing. Last night one of my daughters said "Sarah was back in school today and she was only out for two days... she still has the sniffles and said she never tested negative but is pretty much over it and did not want to miss another day..."
A year ago at my work, if you tested positive you were required under threat of termination to contact the 'Crisis management team' to report your condition for tracing etc. and were then mandated a 2w isolation etc... Yesterday one of my Canadian employees called in sick and said "Felling crappy and tested positive, I'm going to take a day or to off as sick time. I'll probably be back to work on Wed or Thur."
Across the board in social circles, businesses, government institutions, schools, etc. Covid is now being treated like a annoyance and a bad cold. I am actually optimistic that the sheep are starting to wake up
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