Hi Dave

It is so good to see you...
Especially fitting on the sunset of civilization as we have known it.

Covid is a relative of the common cold, the common flu, SARS, MERS, and Ebola...
We have made successful vaccines for many kinds of viruses..
Never for the common cold or flu...
At best it will be a twice yearly vaccine shot ...and that will be efficacious against the strain of Covid it was meant for...not as effective against mutated strains..
My Unc was a Prof of Medicine and Pharmacology ...and studied exactly nasty bugs like this...
This is a species altering event.
This bug is on every continent ...everywhere..
We will never be rid of it..
In 1 human infected, the virus replicates and tests no less than 2000 mutations in that 1 infected person ...trying to be a better virus..
Some mutations are unsuccessful ..some are successful.
Think on the variable number of nasty strains cultivated by a single country's population...then multiply that by the globe's infected numbers growing at ever increasing rates.
Think on the fact that asymptomatic infected people may not be affected by the virus...THE immediate strain of the virus that has affected them...
But the next or the next or the next strain may not be gentle on that person.
And for those who have been infected and survive...the long term permanent damage to virtually every organ in the body ...including the brain...That is bad enough...for them...
But the next strain that sweeps through?
What then?
Cumulative damage on that scale of severe damage is enough to kill a person the 2nd exposure...or the 3rd...or the 4th...
I can't think that many would survive a 2nd severe infection exposure.

It is truly fitting you are back here on the final countdown Dave...
And I am glad to see you my friend.

Oh...and mscion..
Unfortunately the only way to get into Canada now is have family here..or get married to a Canadian.
We have tightened up the border ...put more border staff on ...
Even US residents trying to get across on the pretext to go to Alaska...are now monitored.
Any one deviating and trying to cop a vacation ..or be in Canada under false pretenses ..other than the allowed ones..
Failure to comply with the rules could lead to fines of up to $750,000 and six months in jail. If a traveler causes risk of imminent death or serious bodily harm by violating the rules, the potential consequences could be as severe as $1 million in fines and three years in prison.

We cannot risk the population of our country to an out of control spread based on tourism.

You married mscion?