So how is the rest of the world doing right now (meaning you guys)?

For some time now, it's felt like "COVID exists" and I'm just living life while responding every now and again to an outbreak (like how bad weather would keep me indoors on certain days and make me take an umbrella etc).

One or two of our (Australian) states are wanting to open up, the rest less keen I think. Mine in particular hasn't had much COVID at all and is taking a zero-COVID policy essentially. I'm used to it, but my job security and pay is unaffected by all of this. I can see other people getting hit hard by flash lockdowns and apparently overseas you guys find our practice strange.

So what's actually happening abroad?