You know what Yascha Mounk conveniently fails to mention? That he also called for an end to “hygiene theater” in May 2021 – that was before Delta, before Omicron. About 350,000 Americans have since died of Covid.
Something to keep in mind when assessing his credibility.
Something to keep in mind when assessing his credibility.
You’d think that including some form of acknowledgment of his previous calls to “end pandemic theater” might be in order? Something like “Mind you, I also proudly proclaimed the exact same thing many months ago, and that was clearly premature”? Some critical self-reflection?
It’s the complete lack of humility that I find astonishing. “I used my significant public platform once before to deride people who remained cautious, including pretty much all the actual experts - they were right, I was wrong, many people died, but hey, no hard feelings, right?”
I reflected on Mounk’s previous call to “stop playing hygiene theater” in this short thread here - again, this was in May 2021, and it’s honestly quite remarkable that the same guy is at it again nine months later:
https://twitter.com/tzimmer_history/status/1393716509323710469
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