Covid 19 has had and continues to have a major impact on my life. Fortunately, I have not had a bout of Covid but know and understand how rife it was – and still is all around Australia.

Physical distancing, mask-wearing, detergent use and avoiding close contact in closed quarters or within crowded situations were recommendations made to us by health authorities when Covid was regarded as a raging pandemic.

Suddenly the pandemic became endemic and the health protocols were relaxed- not all at once but gradually until it almost seemed that Covid was no longer an issue.

No longer an issue but Covid hospitalizations and death rates have gone through the roof.

Authorities wanted everyone to carry on almost as if there were no issues at all but that does not wash.

I still practice all the previously recommended protocols, and will for the foreseeable future. I don’t go out to sports or other events. I keep my vaccinations up. Covid continues to be a major worry to me and I feel it will be a factor that forever influences my life.