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> Sure if you don't think permanent social distancing and mask wearing is not a problem.

I'm confused by this comment. I do think they are a problem, that's why I am encouraged by a vaccine that reduces covid to something that is not life threatening and that we can stop freaking out about.

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It always was that for the vast majority of people.

3mn Indian souls would disagree

That's a terrible loss, practically a genocide, but to be fair the parent said "the vast majority of people" and there's 1.4 billion people in India. In India, 151,000 people die every year just from car accidents, and ~4 million die each year from heart disease.

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