Thread by @DemFromCT

CDC: containment as a strategic choice is off the table (and has been for a while)

Rest of us: well, what about mitigation?

CDC: uhm.. we’ll get back to you on that

sometimes we tell people 'hey, read the room". get real about what's going on.

well, CDC did.

And they said "look you're not getting vaxxed and wearing masks, let alone higher quality masks, so at least do this"

They're not wrong. But the big problem isn't them.
It's us.

we don't like bad news but we don't like mandates and too many of us are locked in to no vaccine (and too many still have access issues; you might as well blame your 4 year old for no vax or your 14 yo for no booster).
and Omicron is a beast in terms of spread.

So what to do?
Get Vaxxed. Get Vaxxed. Get Vaxxed to where you once belonged.
Up your mask game. Don't give up on those
Recognize that Omicron has a different signature (more cases, less hospital) and might be a short but severe sitch.

Recognize folks hate doing this. But...

keep pushing vaccine mandates. They work, don't give up on them, don't give up on the courts.
You'll have to relax some things elsewhere and that's what CDC did. Accept trade-offs. We will have to.

And remember, Biden was right about the boosters despite the flack he got.

As a society (we still are one), we need to protect the hospitals and keep them functioning. Same with the schools. So we will need some guidelines that sorta might work somewhat
And as they say in Brooklyn, you do what you can with what you got
This sucks

So does Omicron /end

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