I just joined @CNN to talk with @PamelaBrownCNN about Covid in NYC, how we should approach the holidays and why the ongoing travel bans are really bad policy.
The big takeaway: this isn’t March 2020. We’re much better prepared. We have the tools to stay safe, if we use them. 🧵
The big takeaway: this isn’t March 2020. We’re much better prepared. We have the tools to stay safe, if we use them. 🧵
At the same time, we must recognize hospitals and healthcare workers are already at capacity.
ERs are full, there’s a national shortage of nurses and all providers are exhausted from two years on the frontlines.
Our personal decisions have immense collective impacts.
CLIP#2👇
ERs are full, there’s a national shortage of nurses and all providers are exhausted from two years on the frontlines.
Our personal decisions have immense collective impacts.
CLIP#2👇
Lastly, you may think that with a looming tsunami of Omicron cases on the horizon, the travel bans still in place against southern African countries aren’t even worth talking about it.
But their persistence reveals many of the problems with how we’re responding to this pandemic.
But their persistence reveals many of the problems with how we’re responding to this pandemic.
I guess I should note that akin to March 2020, I still need a haircut. Not everything is completely different.
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