Sad that we have come to this point. We are here because throughout this mess political leaders, health authorities, and the general public were irresponsible, stubborn, & impatient. Will we learn from this that "fits and starts" is the worst possible policy?
https://twitter.com/Oregonian/status/1331999613801410561
We did not invoke the precautionary principle early on this pandemic, deciding (without any scientific evidence) that only three of four transmission routes were relevant and downplaying transmission by aerosol particles.
Across the board, there was a lack of unified effort to starve this virus of its hosts & manage it. We did not need major investments. What needed to be done was obvious to many scientists from the start, but lacked acceptance by leaders, unified messaging, & public commitment.
The steps in layered dose & risk reduction are not rocket science. We could have done it BEFORE day 1, far fewer lives would have been lost or destroyed, children could have been in school, less jobs lost, and perhaps gyms like this one would not have been on brink of closure.
We needed will and determination. We got neither.
Now we are where we are, dependent as a nation on vaccines to save lives, businesses, and jobs. Will we learn to do this better the next time? Sadly, the answer is not clear to me.
Now we are where we are, dependent as a nation on vaccines to save lives, businesses, and jobs. Will we learn to do this better the next time? Sadly, the answer is not clear to me.
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