What happened this week: Slowly but surely the northern parts of the country are returning to work while the centre and the south are still enjoying their summer break for another couple of weeks.

The focus of much discussions is the question of whether we are entering a second wave of covid-19 cases or if recent increases in cases are a consequence of the high rate of mobility that the holiday season brought. No matter what, it is a bit disturbing to see that even countries that had been almost free of covid-19 are suddenly presenting new outbreaks and spreads. The medical systems in most countries can still handle the situation and it seems that even though there are higher rates, at the same time there seem, in general, to be milder symptoms. Society has got to get used to the situation; most people do not consider another lockdown to be an adequate or realistic option. With scientists and politicians not really clear in their statements it might be better to be prepared for all eventualities.

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