Thread by @DonaldWelsh16

The C19 response is destined to be remembered as a colossal failure for public health. But as crazy train moves down the tracks, C19 appears to ever morphed, into a "Pandemic of the Overeducated". A strange phenomenon indeed. Let's consider. 1/

The working class, in my corner of world, long abandoned the idea that C19 was a pandemic. A concern.....yes, but mainly an annoyance to be avoided. They never engrained the feeling of personal threat and life moves forward, as best it can. 2/

So what made large portions of the working class immune to the C19 craziness? Did they pour over case/death charts, read the latest research paper or consider the opinion of scholarly experts. Perhaps, but it seems other factors were at play. 3/

The working class in Canada consume less legacy media, and they are distrustful of gov't and experts. They tend to be better grounded in community and their experience more so than sterile theory, shapes opinions and decisions. 4/

Perhaps these qualities "Pandemic proofed" the working class. The professional class, however, remains under the C19 spell, convinced that certain death has only been adverted by the two meter rule and a non medical facemask unable to block viral transmission. 5/

The cognitive dissonance is remarkable, many examples abound including the law profession. Witness the parade of alarmist articles justifying the loss of civil liberties because C19 is an existential threat. It's so serious, the mere examination of data appears too dangerous. 6/

One can point to the greater consumption of legacy media, and a stronger belief in "expertise" as barriers to critical analysis. This belief held strong despite a continuous record of falsehood and a lack of pandemic experts in Canada. Something else maybe at play. 7/

The C19 response has revealed that the professional mind can be readily captured by utopian belief. Witness the acceptance of Covid Zero in the academic ranks or vaccines being a magic elixir of life. This quirk has rendered critical thinking moot. 8/

So how do we release the professional class from mass hypnosis, it's gravitation to the utopian? Turn off the TV or will one new data graph do the trick? Not likely at this point, so more direct action maybe key. 9/

We might have to do something completely uncanadian. We might have to tell the professional class that "their experts and their plans" have failed. That failure by extension reflects upon them. An unpleasant thought but perhaps one necessary to move this country forward. End.