I just had a long chat with a friend who said I am hysterical and hyperbolic when I say that the public health response to COVID is the worst response in history.
Some people seem unconvinced about the bleak future we face in terms of loss of freedoms, medical nationalism...
Some people seem unconvinced about the bleak future we face in terms of loss of freedoms, medical nationalism...
...exacerbated inequality, rise in disease (TB, etc), plunging 130M people into poverty throughout the globe, people dying alone and in isolation, mental health impacts for decades to come, and so much more.
Maybe I am exaggerating?
Maybe I am exaggerating?
Can you imagine 13 months ago - if I told you that we would have western countries closing their borders and implementing quarantine hotels? With no data to govern these restrictions? No end date? No goal, except suppression of a single virus at all costs?
Imagine if I told you that kids would be kept out of school for what will likely be 18 months OR MORE for a virus that is less dangerous to them than influenza?
But only in areas governed by Democrats - Kids in Republican areas can go to school.
But only in areas governed by Democrats - Kids in Republican areas can go to school.
What if I told you that Scientists throughout the globe would collaborate and produce the most amazing set of vaccines ever created, which prevents severe illness in 95% of cases, and transmission in close to 90%, and that it wouldn't be good enough for some?
Imagine just 1 year ago, if I told you that western countries throughout the world would mandated people stay in their homes for MONTHS AT A TIME, with no consistent data governing the closures or the reopening?
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