8 February

Indulge me here, a crystal ball looking deeper into 2022. Right now of course governments and probably most people are convinced the pandemic is as good as over, we're 'living with the virus' and life will return to normal with Covid being like a new flu that we deal in the way we deal with flu. That's unfortunately wrong in every single detail. And the really dangerous thing right now is that the vaccines these same governments and people are using to feel this confidence, are failing. Not through any fault of their own, but because we won't stop the spread of the virus, which therefore has trillions of fresh opportunities to mutate into new forms, every single day. By mid-2022 already, even our 3rd vaccine shots may be as good as useless against Covid. And then what? There are no other vaccines available at this time, and even if one is developed, it will take a long time to roll it out globally again.