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Welcome! We hope you are enjoying “living with the virus”. Yes, you may have COVID for the 3rd time, unable to get medical care, facing delays traveling, or missing personnel. But now you can go through all this without having to wear a mask! Yay!
Welcome! We hope you are enjoying “living with the virus”. Yes, you may have COVID for the 3rd time, unable to get medical care, facing delays traveling, or missing personnel. But now you can go through all this without having to wear a mask! Yay!
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Unfortunately, we are in yet another wave, immunity doesn’t last, COVID is still not quite the flu, & it may ruin your health for months. We did not quite expect to be at this point right now, but we DID work very hard, & we are here to remind you of that.
Unfortunately, we are in yet another wave, immunity doesn’t last, COVID is still not quite the flu, & it may ruin your health for months. We did not quite expect to be at this point right now, but we DID work very hard, & we are here to remind you of that.
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Several months ago, we put the virus on notice that we were going to treat it like a mild endemic seasonal disease, given our urgency to go back to normal. Then, we reduced testing & stats, and shortened isolation.
Several months ago, we put the virus on notice that we were going to treat it like a mild endemic seasonal disease, given our urgency to go back to normal. Then, we reduced testing & stats, and shortened isolation.
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We had already spread the information that children don’t get infected, or maybe they do but they don’t transmit, or maybe they do but don’t get very sick – and those who do had a pre-existing problem. We also began using calming terms, like uptick instead of surge.
We had already spread the information that children don’t get infected, or maybe they do but they don’t transmit, or maybe they do but don’t get very sick – and those who do had a pre-existing problem. We also began using calming terms, like uptick instead of surge.
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We came up with the brand new concepts of immunity debt (caused by lockdown, to be avoided forever more), & hybrid immunity, where you get vaccinated & then infected as many times as it takes to become immune (or, occasionally, dead).
We came up with the brand new concepts of immunity debt (caused by lockdown, to be avoided forever more), & hybrid immunity, where you get vaccinated & then infected as many times as it takes to become immune (or, occasionally, dead).
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We even taught you the proper use of prepositions for COVID-related hospitalizations & deaths (always use “with” rather than “for” or “of”) & we identified new indicators that would allow us to delay any response for as long as possible.
We even taught you the proper use of prepositions for COVID-related hospitalizations & deaths (always use “with” rather than “for” or “of”) & we identified new indicators that would allow us to delay any response for as long as possible.
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We transformed our outdated public health into individualized public health, where you apply personal responsibility based on your own risk tolerance (while we still get paid). Sure, it's nonsense, & the responsible share air with the non-responsible, but that's life....
We transformed our outdated public health into individualized public health, where you apply personal responsibility based on your own risk tolerance (while we still get paid). Sure, it's nonsense, & the responsible share air with the non-responsible, but that's life....
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We also stopped naming variants, so we just have Omicron BA.bunch-of-numbers (though we'd have preferred to name the lot “mild & milder” & be done with it). Throughout all this, we also carefully avoided warning people about long COVID or any other long-term health issue.
We also stopped naming variants, so we just have Omicron BA.bunch-of-numbers (though we'd have preferred to name the lot “mild & milder” & be done with it). Throughout all this, we also carefully avoided warning people about long COVID or any other long-term health issue.
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What more could we do? After all that, nobody could have predicted this…. Well, except for the usual zealots, of course, but who listens to them? People need hope & positivity, not endless doom & gloom. What? You expected us to base decisions on science & reality?
What more could we do? After all that, nobody could have predicted this…. Well, except for the usual zealots, of course, but who listens to them? People need hope & positivity, not endless doom & gloom. What? You expected us to base decisions on science & reality?
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Ah, that's a quaint notion…. If we went by science & reality, many would be mad at us, & we’ve got donors to please & elections to win. (Well, our bosses do, but they pay our salary.) Anyway, people can’t even agree on what’s real anymore....🤷♂️
Ah, that's a quaint notion…. If we went by science & reality, many would be mad at us, & we’ve got donors to please & elections to win. (Well, our bosses do, but they pay our salary.) Anyway, people can’t even agree on what’s real anymore....🤷♂️
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In addition, we’ve got to meet people where they are, as we do for… ehm, nothing else, really…. Anyway, controlling COVID would have meant spending tons of money & being unpopular, while hoping for things to go well on their own was a lot easier & cheap.
In addition, we’ve got to meet people where they are, as we do for… ehm, nothing else, really…. Anyway, controlling COVID would have meant spending tons of money & being unpopular, while hoping for things to go well on their own was a lot easier & cheap.
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Now, we’re invested in this strategy & we won’t backtrack unless things get a lot worse, as we’d look like idiots (& our polls say people are done with COVID). Besides, there’s a good chance that the latest Omicron is so infectious that it will finally burn itself out….
Now, we’re invested in this strategy & we won’t backtrack unless things get a lot worse, as we’d look like idiots (& our polls say people are done with COVID). Besides, there’s a good chance that the latest Omicron is so infectious that it will finally burn itself out….
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Till then, enjoy the silver linings. In addition to repeated infections as a way to avoid infection, in these troubled times, COVID brain fog is better than a vacation.... With our approach, you are pretty sure to get a much deserved break for free. You’re welcome!😉
Till then, enjoy the silver linings. In addition to repeated infections as a way to avoid infection, in these troubled times, COVID brain fog is better than a vacation.... With our approach, you are pretty sure to get a much deserved break for free. You’re welcome!😉
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