So who do we listen to? The physicians who tell us to lockdown?
Or the physicians who tell us to live with it?
There are over 500,000 dead people in the US that clearly make this an easy decision.
We do not normalize covid, death, long term health complications or governments and loopy physicians that recommend all of the above to become the norm.
In the 19th century, people had no clue about germs and Germ Theory. Medical knowledge consisted of a disease theory developed in Ancient Greece.
Same with medicine. This is the time period actual snake oil was used as a cure for illness. Medicine was unregulated.
Lockdowns weren’t used because people largely believed disease was spontaneously generated, a punishment from god or in the air.
Attempts to improve sanitation was implemented.
Until germs were understood, the approach was to carry on and just learn to live with it. Because lockdowns impacted the wealthy. Disease was thought to be a poor person’s burden. Immoral callousness of the wealthy meant a dead or severely ill worker could be easily replaced.
Few contemporary governments are willing to impose restrictions to eliminate disease, although authorities have known since the 14th century that quarantines prevent disease transmission.
Why? The economy. And the belief the lower classes don’t matter and are expendable.
UCP and almost all other conservatives are prioritizing profits over people. This is the belief in social hierarchy and devaluation of people at the bottom of the hierarchy. This is conservative ideology. And this belief system is entirely consistent with UCP ideology.
A 19th century comprehension of disease.
An industrialist approach to public health (the commons does not receive prioritization).
A “learn to live with it”approach that prioritizes the economy and keeping the wealthy in money while sacrificing the lower social strata.
A belief that god will dole out justice through plague therefore the true believers are safe.
Disrespect for science and evidence because equalizing healthcare is anathema to conservatives, libertarians, white supremacists & Dominionists.
That’s the Alberta UCP covid strategy.
It’s Dickensian dystopia. Literally 19th century Dickensian dystopia. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Lord help us, every one!
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But conservation is also to be balanced with economic growth and stewardship.
Kenney used coded Dominionist Christian language to communicate his plans in his 2018 policy platform.
But unless you can interpret his coded language, it just sounds like word salad.
UCP may seem like they’re speaking to the entire public, but their communication is specifically aimed at Dominionist Christians & loyal followers of far right ideology.
Knowing this when reading the lead in reveals they claim “moral obligation” to steward the environment.
Gone are the norms for decorum and political process. Swept away by constant bloviating, obstructionism, open disrespect, disinformation and personal smears.
While politics has always been fraught with conflict, generally reality wasn’t debated or created through discourse.
Democracy is a tricky concept to define. A few believe it’s limited to free and fair voting. Voting makes up a tangible part of democracy, but overall, democracy is a belief system. So it’s abstract in nature and difficult to fit into a narrow universal definition.