I remember the first lockdown in 2020. Then the second lockdown. And then the third lockdown in December 2021. It was during the Holiday Season. At this point, we had had enough lockdowns.
The Netherlands yesterday entered a lockdown aimed at cutting spread over the holidays, as other European nations battling Omicron (B.1.1.529) surges considered taking tougher physical distancing measures. Countries have tried to turbocharge booster dose vaccination, but it isn't enough to quell the quickly spreading variant. As health systems struggle, leaders are looking for other ways to curb the spread, such as physical distancing. www.cidrap.umn.edu
Today, I received the above article about it from one of my assistants. The more I read about it on the site, the more I realized that the last two holiday seasons were not as fun as we would have liked them to be because of COVID-19 and lockdowns.