How to spot a Covid minimizing article. A quick guide/thread 🧵
1/ the article was written in 2022 yet makes no mention of #LongCovid. It only focuses on the acute phase. Hospitalizations and deaths.
2/ fatalism. The writer claims there's nothing we can do to prevent spread. Mask mandates "don't work" because people remove masks at lunch. No differentiation is made between surgical & respirator masks. Rapid tests are too hard.
3/ fatigue. The article appeals to our collective fatigue. We are tired. Therefore we cannot take precautions anymore.
4/ sinophobia. The writer claims China's approach is unrealistic yet can't offer an exit strategy to their let it rip approach. The writer isn't from China but speaks with authority on their health policies.
5/ the writer claims we should focus on other problems like hospital staffing or capacity without seeing how Covid could contribute to this
6/ the article mentions phrases like "live with it," "back to normal," "near normal," and "hybrid immunity"
7/ arguably the biggest indicator - there is no mention that #COVIDisAirborne & the need to clean the air with tools like HEPA, MERV 13, UV, CR boxes, etc
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