The Netherlands is on the second list, so a pre-entry Covid test will be required as of December 6th. But if anyone from the Netherlands (or any other country) has travelled in any of the restricted African countries in the previous 14-days they will be denied entry as of November 29th.

While I don't like it, I can certainly believe this is happening again, and suspect it will continue to happen, until all countries somehow manage to either get their populations closer to 80 or 85% vaccinated, or reach herd immunity the hard way by actually contracting the virus. We also have to encourage our governments to help get vaccines into the hands of other, less-fortunate, developing countries and find ways to overcome vaccine hesitancy both at home and abroad.

Until that happens, the unvaccinated become a breeding ground for new variants, some of which will potentially be more virulent. This is no different than other pandemics. We were just fortunate due to modern technology and medical knowledge to have developed vaccines sooner, which helps limit infections and deaths. The virus will continue to spread and mutate until there is no one left to infect. As many have said, we may be tired of Covid-19, but it has a lot more patience than most of us.