1. The shock of 2020: we learned a pandemic can strike US out of the blue.
We worried climate would lose the little salience we'd won in 2019 and worked unpaid overtime for months/years to link both to deeper socioeconomic problem structures.
System dynamics + #syndemic theory.
2. The shock of 2021 was Omicron: we learned how eagerly people dismissed it.
Spoiler: we then pissed away one year telling ourselves it was "mild", "a natural vaccine", "we were lucky"; rather than taking preparations for SARS eradication, which would work just like in 2003.
3. The surprise of 2022 was seeing the last #ZeroCovid countries like New Zealand, Taiwan and China remove protections even though they everyone who was remotely interested and science-literate knew what would happen.
The real shock is: No one has a plan.
ourworldindata.org/explorers/coro…
4. China still stands out. What will be the surprise of 2023?
Please log back in in a year to find out. Have a good novel year everyone!
5. In the meantime, look out for y/our children. Man, I grow a white hair every time I need to repeat this. 🫠
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