You might think that Covid takes have wildly flipped since January 2020, but from "the real problem is hysteria" to "it's time to accept that you will get Covid" to this, there has been a steady throughline intent on sapping the motivation to act. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
"Actually anyone who's worried about Covid is xenophobic"
"Actually it's not worth being afraid because it's too late to stop a pandemic now"
"Actually we shouldn't get our hopes up because this will never end"
"Actually it's not worth being afraid because it's too late to stop a pandemic now"
"Actually we shouldn't get our hopes up because this will never end"
They all follow the same structure:
- The real issue here is your emotions.
- Your emotions are lying to you.
- I'm here to tell you how you should really feel.
- Take action if you want but it won't ultimately change anything.
- The real issue here is your emotions.
- Your emotions are lying to you.
- I'm here to tell you how you should really feel.
- Take action if you want but it won't ultimately change anything.
Of the "it's time to accept that you will get Covid" takes, btw, I'm thinking of the ones from March and early April 2020 when things were still unfolding rapidly, not from months later when it was clear that lockdowns and masking were not a stopgap but the whole plan.
Yes. Yes it is. Defeatism is what you're arguing for. 
This line of thinking is deranged, and ever less timid versions of it are coming from across the think-sphere now.
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
What's unnerving is that this describes not only the progression of elected leaders, whose CYA you can understand, but of health experts and opinion-setters too.
https://twitter.com/JavierBlas/status/1237492620588470272
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