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This is true: ONLY thing that defines a state’s response to this is the political leaning of the populace—not the governor. This is why the electoral map correlates nearly perfectly with school closures. We the people are the problem—and the solution.
This is true: ONLY thing that defines a state’s response to this is the political leaning of the populace—not the governor. This is why the electoral map correlates nearly perfectly with school closures. We the people are the problem—and the solution.
https://twitter.com/EWoodhouse7/status/1364802364260184065
2/n
And no, these restrictions don’t result in lower death. Only more unemployenent and lower traditional 5-day in-person school.
And no, these restrictions don’t result in lower death. Only more unemployenent and lower traditional 5-day in-person school.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Emily_Burns_V/status/1362143630929129476
3/n
And yes, masks are part of the problem, not part of the solution. Belief that we can and must control the disease, rather than live with it are symbolized by the near religious belief in the “power” masks. Even the wording is religious.
And yes, masks are part of the problem, not part of the solution. Belief that we can and must control the disease, rather than live with it are symbolized by the near religious belief in the “power” masks. Even the wording is religious.
4/n
For the CDC, this is about not admitting they were wrong, so blaming people for not wearing masks is an effective tool, even if it is obviously and demonstrably false:
For the CDC, this is about not admitting they were wrong, so blaming people for not wearing masks is an effective tool, even if it is obviously and demonstrably false:
https://mobile.twitter.com/Emily_Burns_V/status/1364262541380235264
4/n
For the teachers’ unions, it does actually appear to be about not going back to work. Which means you might expect soon that they will discover the actual science of masks, and rightly claim they will not “protect” them.
For the teachers’ unions, it does actually appear to be about not going back to work. Which means you might expect soon that they will discover the actual science of masks, and rightly claim they will not “protect” them.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Emily_Burns_V/status/1357535298486497284
5/n
They will of course not “find” the perfectly widely available data about their extremely low relative risk.
They will of course not “find” the perfectly widely available data about their extremely low relative risk.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Emily_Burns_V/status/1357541858151391235
6/n
That is until they are all vaccinated, at which point you can expect this to be put up against flu which kids DO transmit as a reason for not going back in-person next year.
That is until they are all vaccinated, at which point you can expect this to be put up against flu which kids DO transmit as a reason for not going back in-person next year.
7/n
Like it or not, the only way kids go back to school is if all restrictions are lifted, and no one gets to be “protected,” and we abandon the myth that government either CAN or SHOULD protect us from a respiratory virus.
Like it or not, the only way kids go back to school is if all restrictions are lifted, and no one gets to be “protected,” and we abandon the myth that government either CAN or SHOULD protect us from a respiratory virus.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Emily_Burns_V/status/1357538289834729476
7/n
Public health policy on this has been shamelessly elitist, literally a “protect the rich, infect the poor” approach.
Teachers want to be part of the “protected” classes.
Public health policy on this has been shamelessly elitist, literally a “protect the rich, infect the poor” approach.
Teachers want to be part of the “protected” classes.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Emily_Burns_V/status/1357537665671974912
8/n
Which is why every work—from-homer with their kids in a pod preaching about “stopping the spread” by never going out is contributing the the problem.
That this harms the middle classes and helps them ought to make it taboo, not lauded.
Which is why every work—from-homer with their kids in a pod preaching about “stopping the spread” by never going out is contributing the the problem.
That this harms the middle classes and helps them ought to make it taboo, not lauded.
https://mobile.twitter.com/PhilWMagness/status/1352298738514059265
9/n
I struggle with who is most to blame here, the media, politicians, public health officials and scientists, or the people who swallow what they say without question.
Ultimately, all are supposed to hold each other accountable. They are now all working in concert.
I struggle with who is most to blame here, the media, politicians, public health officials and scientists, or the people who swallow what they say without question.
Ultimately, all are supposed to hold each other accountable. They are now all working in concert.
10/n
Making an attempt to mask their incompetence and malfeasance by pitting us against each other.
But ultimately it is our job to hold all of these institutions accountable and make them work for us.
Making an attempt to mask their incompetence and malfeasance by pitting us against each other.
But ultimately it is our job to hold all of these institutions accountable and make them work for us.
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