We must learn to live with COVID-19: Dr. Shahab - The Battlefords News-Optimist

That phase is how we all learn to live alongside COVID-19.

“Now as we move forward, especially after Step Three, we all need to know how to live with COVID,” Dr.

What officials are seeing, with improving vaccination numbers and despite variants, was that when outbreaks are analyzed, most transmission happened with people who weren’t vaccinated or had one dose less than three weeks before.

But having said that I must concede [the] risk will always be there in pockets where people are unvaccinated.”.

Shahab said, we do need to transition to learning how we are going to live with COVID,” Moe said.

I’ve always said that previously that we need to get vaccinated not only to keep ourselves safe but to keep those around us safe.

But now as we learn to live with COVID I think it’s fair to say you need to consider getting vaccinated to keep yourself safe.”.

He pointed again to statistics provided a week earlier, indicating that upwards of nine out of 10 people who get COVID-19 are people who have not been vaccinated.

“We are reaching a point where with our high vaccination rates, low case numbers, we have to, initially in the summer with outdoor events, start having gatherings in a way that for vaccinated people it’s going to be extremely safe

For unvaccinated people — who should really wear a mask if they do attend certain events, but there would be no way to monitor that — it may be safer, but not as safe as if you are fully vaccinated after your second dose …

I think what we need to look at is how we live with COVID

I don’t think we’re going to ‘get out’ of it, we’re going to learn how to live with COVID

And by far and away the tool that we have that is most effective for protecting us as we do live with COVID, is to receive your full sequence of vaccinations — your first shot, wait your allocated time period, and then receive your second shot.”

June 15, 2021

June 15, 2021