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PROTAGONIST.

The planet.

POPULATION.

7,600 million.

DEBATE.

Will it be possible to turn the page soon to the pandemic and avoid the increase in boredom and social unrest with the new measures when it seemed that the Covid was remitting?

"I am aware that tonight I bring an unpleasant message, with unpleasant measures. But the virus is everywhere and I must fight it everywhere." This is how the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, had an impact - word for word - this Friday in a speech to his fellow citizens to announce a partial confinement, the first this winter in Western Europe. Just a couple of hours later, hundreds of people collided with the police in The Hague, expressing their discomfort.

In the Antipodes, the scene had been similar a few days before.

The restrictions announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern were followed by a protest by thousands of citizens that forced the Parliament of Wellington, the capital, to close down.

"These people do not represent New Zealanders," Ardern said without a trace of concern, with a population vaccinated at 90% and accustomed to locks and isolations in the purest Chinese style: not living one iota with the coronavirus.

When the world population wanted (and needed) to believe that the worst was over and that Covid-19 would have its last blows, but not yet another wave,

we are on the verge of another tsunami of deaths and infections

.

In fact, in several countries on the European continent (such as Germany, the United Kingdom or Russia), the blow has already been struck and there are record numbers of infected since the very beginning of the pandemic.

This week, the Old Continent has broken a sad record: two million cases and 28,000 deaths.

What's more,

one in two deaths from Covid on the planet is, today, European

.

"The pandemic is not over. And I will do whatever it takes to protect our system and our citizens," said British Health Minister Sajid Javid, who has also had to fight against those who criticized him for forcing vaccination all toilets.

Tiredness takes its toll.

The virus turned the world upside down.

Society needs to return to the old normal or at least a post-pandemic normality.

There is a constant sense of loss, abrupt change and high uncertainty that must be left behind as soon as possible so as not to fall into the abyss of depression and anxiety.

Hence, the imposition of new restrictions can provoke more anger than usual, so the World Health Organization (WHO) points out:

"Something must be done. But each country must find the exact proportion to adjust all its parameters." .

The cocktail to overcome this winter in the northern hemisphere of the planet has a mixture of five basic ingredients:

vaccine, mask, ventilation, tests and social distance.

Beyond this, the risk of social implosion rises.

Although it is true that for some countries the sacrifices will be greater and will depend on what their leaders decide.

For example, Norway was already living in absolute normality and Denmark referred to Covid as a more "socially critical" disease.

But the reality is that pessimism has taken hold of the leaders and this quarter the cost of lives can be terrible.

In the case of our continent, between now and February we will risk half a million deaths, according to estimates by the WHO director for Europe.

Beyond, in spring, everything will improve. And this will save many governments and placate the jaded society. The final stretch of the pandemic nightmare will come in 2022. Or at least that is how it is reflected black on white in several studies, such as the recent one from

The Economist

magazine

, where a research work ensures that

over the next year the Covid will disappear .

That is, in 2023, it will already be an endemic disease, a flu or the common cold, but not a fatal disease.

Of course, in the developed world

, since in the poorest countries on the planet the coronavirus will continue to claim fatalities for another long and shameful season.

In rich countries, we will not only continue to benefit from the vaccine, but from two new antiviral drugs that will mark a significant turning point: Molnupiravir (from Merck) and Paxlovid (from Pfizer). Both pills will save many lives. Again, science will lend a hand to politics, as it will help put an end to a disease that has brought down many governments. And be very careful to those who have profited from the pandemic and believe that they will not be caught by it.

The virus is a dangerous boomerang. Germany is an example

: from a great helmsman in the first wave without having a single saturated hospital to record these days historical maximums with a cumulative incidence of 277 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

"Tonight I bring a nice message, with nice measurements."

Hopefully

Prime Minister

Rutte and other international leaders can turn their speech around as soon as possible.

Society does not wait, and jelly:

tempus fugit, carpe diem.

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