Big Smile, No Teeth: If we don’t vaccinate we’ll never be done with Covid-19


We’re looking at a new normal where, among other practices, some countries are not going to let you enter unless you’re vaccinated. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

Here we are, into the fifth month of 2021. Five months into the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic and most countries have got vaccinations going full swing. So that means we should be returning to a life without masks, where handshakes aren’t replaced by fist bumps, and going out and socialising again without risks, right?

Not exactly.

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