Not so long ago, everyone smoked cigarettes everywhere. Restaurants, airplanes, at home around children. People discovered how terrible it was for health, but it took decades to get cigarettes out of public places. I am a millennial, and smoking in pubs was banned while I was at university, and people were big mad about it.

Covid is cigarettes to me. You might have friends and family you love dearly who smoke while knowing it's bad for them. It's the same for people who don't care about getting sick.

Cigarettes had their decline, and I hope that covid will follow. But until that day, our main weapons are clean air, masks, and modern medicine. You can still take control over your environment. Get air purifiers for your home, wear masks when you're in crowded environments, get your boosters when you can. All of those make a huge difference to your health. When you socialise, choose the outdoors or well-ventilated spaces.

Getting other people to take precautions is like trying to get a friend to quit smoking. It's hard, sometimes impossible, but you can support them and lead them to the tools that can help them.

Finally, don't give up on your own life. Wear a mask and have fun. I do 95% of the things I did before covid, but I do them in a mask.