Covid numbers continue to be alarmingly high caused by the new BA.5 variant. The number of cases and the positivity rate would be pretty scary if we were in a different time. Yet, I went out to eat last week and the restaurant was packed, with people waiting to get in. Anecdotally, people who do get covid are not getting severely sick. The vaccines seem to be doing what they said all along, protecting against severe illness. Still, I know personally I would rather not test that.
That being said, I have pretty much resumed the pre-pandemic lifestyle. Looking around, I’m not alone. The thing about observing a situation is you can only observe the people you see. All the people who are not going out to eat are harder to count.
So, what are you NOT doing because of covid? What’s Bedford Thinking?
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Massachusetts is 84 percent fully vaccinated. That is really awesome.