Locked down again. Why? The virus is now significantly less harmful than before. And before, our bodies had zero defence. Now, 77% of us are vaccinated. So why are we here again? Is it because of anti-vaxxers? +
It's true that a minority of selfish zealots kept us from herd immunity. But that's the case in almost every country in the world.
No, we're in lockdown again because of bad government. +
No, we're in lockdown again because of bad government. +
Community spread could not be contained because we failed to focus testing, boosters and financial support on high-density housing and high-density workplaces. +
If our schools are unsafe, it's because government ignored demands to fix ventilation, decrease class sizes, prioritize teachers for vaccines and provide adequate PPE. +
And most crucially, hospitals are on the verge of collapse because they were permanently at near-full capacity even before COVID. +
Omicron is not the crisis. The frailty of our key institutions and bad governance at every level are the crisis.
We were in crisis before this all began, we just didn't know it yet.
We were in crisis before this all began, we just didn't know it yet.
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