'Moving On' from Covid19

Columnist Frances Ryan notes that, as UK Covid infections again passed one million, there was barely a murmur (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/13/britain-forget-covid-moving-on-vulnerable-economy). Ryan thinks that UK politicians and large sections of the populace are intent on 'moving on' from the pandemic. The new 'normal', she says, appears to be to repeatedly fall ill with a Covid19 infection. People seem to accept this, in spite of evidence that repeated infections can produce long-term health conditions, such as heart disease and 'long covid'. Ryan links, what she sees as 'a surreal climate of denial', to declining vaccination uptakes and dispensing of face mask wearing. She also thinks that 'moving on from the pandemic', largely ignores the many vulnerable folk who still have to self-shield. Ryan says the UK has 0.5 million immunocompromised people who get little or no protection from vaccines. It's strange how, something once so newsworthy with daily totals of infections and vaccination numbers, hardly gets a mention. Covid19 still kills people in the UK as well as filling many ICU beds in hospitals. Even the UK's sluggish economy may partly be a consequence of Covid19 infections. Out of sight: out of mind!