Thread by @AbraarKaran

THREAD

1/ We *need* clearer leadership on what our goals are as communities (neighborhood, city, county, state, country)

Because our goals as individuals are all over the place & this will be a disaster on all levels

#Covid19
#Omicron

2/ For some people it seems the goal is to avoid any disruption in their lives from ‘restrictions’— they are “over it”

On the other end it is people who want to avoid any and all possible exposures however long it takes (without a clear end)

And then a big group in the middle

3/ fundamentally I think this becomes really tough

from a public policy perspective, & a political, economic & social one as well

Some have predicted this surge will be a lot of infections, far fewer hospitalizations (hoping this as well)

4/ Others have responded that goal cannot be low % hospitalizations— must be low infections because

• threat of Long COVID

• even a low % of hospitalizations among a huge number of infections = too many hospitalizations to handle

5/ To me— this again comes back to leadership & clear communication about goals, how to achieve them, and why we are choosing what we are choosing

@POTUS @VP @Surgeon_General @WhiteHouse

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