Thread by @the_brumby

Thinking over the wknd further about this atrocious CDC garbage & tying it w a couple datapoints, a picture emerges:

Society is a dichotomous mess w only 29% of Dems in favor of a return to normal vs 87% of Rs & only 1/3 of VACCINATED people comfortable going to the movies

1/6

https://twitter.com/the_brumby/status/1400878100053827585

The CDC, now just a political arm, recognizes this sizeable contingent of the pop. effectively lost to the propaganda of the last yr & believes the only way these folks will be comfortable reentering society is with every last child they may potentially encounter vaccinated

2/6

That'll never happen but I’ll be honest- even if it did- I fear it wouldn't be enough as I think this 71% group falls into 2 camps: (1) ppl literally traumatized by CNN propaganda, which only CNN could undo, which it will not b/c that would be contrary to its profit model,

3/6

And/or (2) the “71% of Dems [who] believe ppl should stay home as much as possible” will believe that true in perpetuity, Zooming at home while others making barely enough $$ to get by deliver them things or receive UBI rebranded as "unemployment" paid for by deficit spending
4/6

I initially found this chart optimistic showing a majority of USA first believing that living life as normally as possible is best advice. But looking at underlying details its quite depressing (esp for Dem metros). There is literally no issue more divisive in USA (58% gap)
5/6

I used to think many just went along w lockdowns bc they were merely inconvenienced (vs devastated) & could virtue signal about it, but I no longer believe that. A lot of people LOVE this.

I have some ideas but really not sure how this resolves/plays out. What do you think?

6/6

Sources:

morningconsult.com/2021/05/12/vac…

news.gallup.com/poll/350480/li…

pewresearch.org/politics/2019/…