I really thought that perhaps omicron would wake people up to the fact that 'living with' this virus isn't really going to be possible - unless we accept mass death & suffering, and develop an understanding that we need globally coordinated progressive suppression. 🧵
But for many people including scientists omicron has actually strengthened the idea of 'living with it' and dropping all mitigations. This is an extremely privileged take, & completely ignores that the impacts of such policy would be devastating on the most disadvantaged.
So unless you're willing to spell out the consequences of your plans clearly and honestly (mass death, especially among the poor, disabled, vulnerable, elderly, ethnic minorities), and own that this is what you're advocating for society to accept, please don't recommend it.
And those who're suggesting this is a pipe dream - it is -in a self-fulfilling way because of the fatalism of those who never even tried. So many countries did, and protected lives, and livelihoods. Was it hard, and did they have to make sacrifices? Yes. But was it worth it? Yes!
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