Thread by @AbraarKaran

1/ There have been so many propositions of “if we just do x y z, the pandemic would be over”

Far fewer have dug deeply into why x, y, z is never actually done

Namely how our political, public health, & economic systems are not designed to ensure x, y, z gets done

2/ This matters because it can become another form of gaslighting

Proposing ideas without any means of them being executed & then sticking by those ideas anyways

“Focused protections” was one version of this

3/ In theory it was a good idea to protect older people (although never a good idea to let the young get sick)

But there was little to no attention as to how this would actually have been implemented

And no accountability when that plan did not hold up to scrutiny

4/ I don’t think those proposing ideas are always doing so maliciously (I too have proposed many throughout the year)

But actually carrying them out is a different beast altogether & who this falls on (public health departments? Private sector like vaccine companies? Governors?)

5/ who this responsibility falls on is a complicated question.

Who suffers most from the lack of accountability is less complicated— predominantly our poorest communities first, & over time many others

6/ Seemingly once it threatens the powerful/wealthy is when things get done *fast*

And so it ends up being less about what we need to do

Or even whether we can actually do it

More so, it becomes a question of whether those who can do it care to do it or not