Who will soon be going to a live concert?

@mglik 

Measles, polio, hepatitis, etc. Don’t understand why Covid is any different?

Over 90% of all Americans have already been vaccinated against measles and polio.  Herd immunity already exists. There are only 1,000 - 2,000 cases per year of Hepatitis A (the most contagious form) - whereas there are 150,000 cases of Covid reported each day in the US. 

Not sure why this is so hard to understand the difference.

@docknow   All good points you raise!

As opposed to infection rate what's probably most relevant is the death rate due to Covid compared to that of say the common flu.  The death rate due to Covid is between 200-300 people per 100,000 population (it varies state to state a bit).  The death rate due to flu most years (like 2019) is about 1.8 people per 100,000 population.  So the question really becomes what death rate is acceptable to remove all the covid policies?  Below 100 per 100,000?  50?  I don't know but at some point it's just a policy decision where we decide can just live with the rate and that the cost of restricting lives is now outweighing the incremental benefit of the policies.  We all take risks just being alive every day.