The new Omicron variant produces much less severe symptoms including many people with the virus but no symptoms at all.

South Africa are more advanced with Omicron as it apparently started there after the delta variant mutated .

Their scientists are optomistic as their case numbers and hospitalisations go on the slide, that this year will see the end of Covid for them

The more optimistic note after two years of the global pandemic was echoed by the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who said on Linkedin that the world had the “tools to end this calamity”.

“[iAfter two years, we now know this virus well[/i,” he wrote. “[iWe know the proven measures to control transmissionthe opportunity to turn this pandemic around for good is in our grasp[/i.”

And hopefully a full season of RL with crowds back is in our grasp

The 83% was a figure quoted by Watson this week. He didn’t stipulate whether that was across the club or first team players only, bearing in mind younger players may not all have had the opportunity. My eldest is not yet 18 and due to unfortunate timing in having to isolate and contracting the disease himself he wasn’t able to take up his 2nd vaccination until this week.

This era you speak of has become "bygone' pretty sharpish. Access to the internet, the Me Too movement, BLM movement, taking the knee.......and a whole lot more have arrived and accelerated change in the last 2 decades and before you say it's all for the best, these things and their like delivered a few nasty things too.
Given it is accepted that the jingoistic sabre rattling of the Brexit bullcrappers swayed enough to get leave over the line, referring to the French as white flag waving surrender monkeys is hardly a capitol offence...more of a Nigel Farage/Boris Johnstone strap Line

As it as, I used the phrase to underline the absurdity of a poster bemoaning the French Governments reaction and regulation to covid. If you choose to peer past the obvious context, then so be it 2.802734375:5