The United States is fed up with the protests that are ensnarling the Ambassador Bridge in between Detroit and Windsor, Ont. (NY Times)

The latest viral surge is abating but many of the restrictions instituted during the depths of the pandemic are still in place which is causing people to take to the streets. The restrictions were implemented to try and reduce the transmission of the deadly Coronavirus but with new infections plummeting governments may have to act quickly to modify the safe guards to prevent further discord in society. Any modifications are predicated on a belief that the Omicron variant surge will be the last wave of infections and there is no way to know if that is true, but we can certainly hold out hope.