Chris Whitty once again displaying that he doesn't understand this virus and never will—let's unpick this mess: 
Whitty is a nasty piece of work: let's get that straight first and foremost—before people defend him, he was wrong about pandemics before we had a pandemic and he continues to be wrong now:
Problem 1: assumption that is seasonal: completely wrong.
Problem 1: assumption that is seasonal: completely wrong.
Problem 2: assuming that there is 'no end point'—which is his way of saying of 'learn to live with it and shut up'
But, there can at any point, be an end point to the pandemic is we chose to take the right actions.
But, there can at any point, be an end point to the pandemic is we chose to take the right actions.
Hospitals are SURGING right now—AS ARE SCHOOLS, CARE HOMES, GP surgeries, you name it—for reasons that are not explained he just assumes it will peak in 2 weeks? WHY? he also, of course, doesn't say that BA2 is basically a new variant—28 unique mutations, double the changes...
...in spike vs Delta. The increase in admissions since Freedom Day disaster has already overwhelmed many NHS trusts:
https://twitter.com/EnemyInAState/status/1506398529765392384
Why is he assuming that it'll just peter out? There's no reason to believe that unless people starting taking action to make it so:
https://twitter.com/EnemyInAState/status/1506400811592691713
On endemic, don't even know what he's getting at here:
Here though come the biggest problems:
Again—wrong assumption about seasonal—'further 2-3 years by new variants while it’s still evolving essentially to adapt to humans, which may occur in between seasonal peaks'
Why does he think that? variants only evolve between peaks?
Again—wrong assumption about seasonal—'further 2-3 years by new variants while it’s still evolving essentially to adapt to humans, which may occur in between seasonal peaks'
Why does he think that? variants only evolve between peaks?
And what exactly are we waiting for the virus to 'adapt to' — he's just expecting that for some reason it's going to be nice to us one day? why? based on what? There's no reason to think that.
Then he says 'people should just accept that that is what we’re going to deal with and just roll with it, rather than expect some end point'
Why exactly? why should we be subject to endless repeated infections? strokes, heart attacks, mass disabling events? endless grief & loss?
Why exactly? why should we be subject to endless repeated infections? strokes, heart attacks, mass disabling events? endless grief & loss?
Remember: this is what we are 'rolling with' complete fucking chaos:
https://twitter.com/EnemyInAState/status/1506374731276111887
The nerve of this guy: the UK's vaccination rates are nothing out of the ordinary, certainly not that high, but further: HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LEFT TO STRUGGLE AND DIE AT HOME? cared for? by who? we have Hospitals telling people NOT TO GO!
A lot of people are still wearing masks? where? Not where I am...
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