Are the Rapid A Tests much good for making social plans? Not definitively. Cases are going undetected by tests in many cases, giving false negatives that result in infectious people feeling confident to mingle with uninfected people.
The leading anti-viral drug, Paxlovid, is being tested for use to fight symptoms of longcovid.
It remains difficult in Canadian provinces and elsewhere in the world to obtain Paxlovid by prescription.
Weeks ago there were rising COVID cases in Saskatchewan while China was extending severe lockdowns to try to wipe out the virus there. The Saskatchewan Government continues to limit information given to the public, and intends to slash it 4 times further, to monthly updates at best. This leaves people in the dark about the true danger, encouraging them to let down their guard. This will likely generate new variants, and non-stop exposure risk, given the previous waves of the pandemic.
Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff 
Right-wing provincial governments are wrecking everything they can. Including resistance to Pandemics. “Never forget, never forgive” is my thinking, in Ontario as in Saskatchewan.