US Governors are saying that it is time to move on from Coronavirus restrictions. Yahoo News. The calls are coming from both sides of the political spectrum with both Republicans and Democrats speaking out about restrictions and refusing to implement new ones. After a meeting with Joe Biden, Governors Asa Hutchinson (R) of Arkansas and Phil Murphy (D) of New Jersey called for a return to normality. Last December Jared Polis of Colorado refused to implement new restrictions.
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Actions are better than words and the governors in this article haven't removed all Coronavirus restrictions in their state. They have the power to remove these restrictions so it's fairly hypocritical to call for a return to normalcy. Other than the few remaining federal restrictions, they are what is standing between normalcy in the first place.
It really is amazing to me how different the restrictions are in other states. Here in Wisconsin things have been normal for about a year now. The only place I have had to wear a mask (outside of work) since last year was the clinic and even then it made sense because I was sick. There aren't really any restrictions here and if it wasn't for the news coverage and the few people I know that got sick during the Omicron wave I wouldn't even know there was a pandemic here.
Speaking of Omicron, one thing I have mentioned since the variant arrived is that it is the perfect offramp for coronavirus restrictions. The variant is much weaker than even Delta and hardly kills anyone. Most of the people that are recorded as Coronavirus deaths are people that died with the disease from other causes, not from the disease itself.
Indeed, globally many countries are using the variant in that way. We have already seen countries like the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark and Finland lift their remaining restrictions. They have reached the reasonable conclusion that not only is the pandemic burning out, the remaining restrictions are pointless.
I also think that people have reached their limits when it comes to the virus. Keep in mind, if the virus was so bad then their wouldn't be any disagreement about restrictions. But it has been clear for a long time that the virus is not that bad and the restrictions are not worth it. People aren't afraid of this virus and don't understand what the point of anything is anymore.
And they are reacting against it. We have seen major protests rock the world, with many of these protests having thousands of people. None have been more impactful than the freedom convoy in Canada which has mostly shut down the Canadian government.
I also think that the places with restrictions are seeing less compliance. People simply don't care anymore and the ones that are going along with it aren't really doing it because they believe the threat is real, they just don't want to be punished because of it. There are a few people out there that treat the virus like it's the plague but those people are growing fewer in number and losing influence as their case becomes impossible to defend.
In the United States I think a lot of this is being driven by the 2022 midterms. The Democrats are seeing the writing on the wall and understand that if they don't change course they will be wiped out. They probably will be anyways but if they want any chance at all they have to pull back on this nonsense. Same with the Republicans that still support this. Everyone is going to have to back down unless there is some change in the virus.
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