It’s not over yet, folks!

If you looked at the busy streets and choc-a-bloc restaurants, you could be forgiven for thinking it’s all over. That the virus that changed the face of the earth in the last year and a half is gone for good.

Unfortunately, that is not the case.

The 7-day average of new cases in the US that touched a low of 4,111 on June 11, 2021 was back at 39,155 on July 16. That is a substantial increase in numbers. The global situation is not great either. The 7-day average stands at over 550 K cases a day. Indonesia is the latest country to be devastated. Horror stories are emerging of full hospitals, oxygen shortages, and people dying in their homes for lack of medical care.

While the vaccination rates have been good in some countries, there is still a large part of humanity that hasn’t been vaccinated. Even in the U.S, only 49% of the population has received both the doses. Globally, only 26% of the population has received one dose. The number is as low as 1% for low-income countries.

So why is there this disconnect between the pandemic and the human reaction to it? Are we so fed up of being at home for such a long time that we don’t care any longer?