@DrEricLevi@chrischirp Let's be clear:
* False equivalence. Very few countries have ever "locked down." Those very, very few that did it mostly right were able to close to (relative) normalcy much more quickly.
* The "lockdowns" have been so difficult because they have dragged on and on, weakened...
* Political ideologies, false beliefs about Economics, the worship of Econ/economy, i.e. the wealth of the very rich, have driven what should have been purely scientifically-based decisions about the pandemic and the lockdowns.
* Had...
@DrEricLevi@chrischirp every nation followed the plan I laid out, and that those few roughly did follow, in March 2020, #COVID19 would have been contained by sometime that summer and Delta probably would not exist.
* It is not too late to do it right: 1. Lock down all non-essential personnel com-...
@DrEricLevi@chrischirp pletely. 2. Pay a significant risk premium to all essential workers (food production, energy, communications, fire, safety,medical, etc). 3. Recognizing the validity of MMT, cover all essential costs for all persons/families (conspicuous consumption not included. I don't care...
@DrEricLevi@chrischirp if you can't make your Lamborghini payment tighten your goddamned consumption bc the planet is dying, assholes.) 4. Do not keep non-essential corporations whole: Cost of doing business, and the lie you believe in unfettered competition needs to be laid bare. Live with the...
@DrEricLevi@chrischirp risks. 5. Vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate. 6. The #antivaxx crazies *do not* have the right to endanger others and must be fully isolated until the pandemic is fully ended. This IS NOT a rights issue, it is a health and safety issue falling under the same governmental over-...
@DrEricLevi@chrischirp sight as stop signs, school vaccinations, speed limits, pollution controls, etc. 7. Prosecute antivaxxers who knowingly spread the virus for negligent manslaughter, or better, negligent homicide.
Because of the failure to listen to logic and not put the almighty $$ first, we...
@DrEricLevi@chrischirp now have #Delta and that likely means every human on the planet is likely to end up getting this goddamned virus. 150,000,000 dead and, oh, a billion or so with #LongCovid?
Idiots.
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