I could possibly have called this blog entry “SMS Heaven” because we are now back in the time when we require permission to leave the house, and this is limited to twice a day. This really is not a big deal as we have hardly ever left the house twice in a day for such a long time. The civil liberties’ supporters are making their voices heard in the Cyprus press, as they are - to a lesser extent - on the expat forums. I’m not sure where I stand on the civil liberties’ issues. I suppose we believe these measures (and possibly others, like shutting the airports) are necessary to protect the people from the virus until they can be vaccinated.
The whole question of vaccination seems to be ignoring the elephant in the room. In both the UK and Cyprus the governments are making efforts to mobilise a veritable army of people to help with what is a national effort. But some interesting questions remain, which no one appears to know the answers to. How long will “immunity” last? Some experts have suggested it may only last a few months. If that is the case, then neither country will have had time to vaccinate everybody before it is time to start again. The cost is enormous and will be so in the future. Little Cyprus is getting a few thousand doses from the EU, but nowhere near enough to stem the flow of infections. In fact various experts (and they come out of the woodwork at the drop of a hat) are posing whether the vaccination will stop the infection or just lessen the symptoms. And no one knows whether vaccinated people are still going to be infectious.
In any event it will be a considerable time before we have to decide whether to be vaccinated or not. Happy days.
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