Time for traffic lights and mandates to go

The Herald reports:

The Government will decide on Monday whether to scrap the whole traffic light system and other Covid-19 orders, a decision that would see the remaining restrictions such as mask mandates gone by next Wednesday and end more than two years of Covid-19 rules.

The Herald understands Cabinet on Monday will be deciding on a recommendation to scrap the traffic-light system altogether rather than tweaking the settings or moving to green.

If it goes ahead, it would come into effect as soon as next Wednesday – when the main legal instrument under which the Covid-19 orders are issued will expire if Cabinet decides not to renew it.

Pleased to see the Government looking to do this.

If Cabinet gives it the nod, Covid-19 would be treated similar to the way the flu is managed.

As it should be. The original variant of Covid-19 was much more lethal and contagious than the flu. But the dominant variants today are massively less lethal for those who have been vaccinated.