We face a global catastrophe and unprecedented crisis of expertise. @osmastro, political scientist, China expert, and USAF strategic planner is just one of countless examples.
As the momentum of morbidity and mortality takes hold of the west and, perhaps, China, what comes next?
You need to understand that, contra wishful western projection, China didn't choose "Let 'er R.I.P." policy, or not yet. - There will be immense pressure on Chinese healthcare systems, and we've long observed dysfunctional responses (airborne protections).
The next big question: will planetary cognitive dissonance (#shorttermism) win? Can they gaslight parents to view every new weird outbreak of respiratory diseases and secondary infections as "surprise" or "immunity debt lol", rather than as caused by SARS?
AJ warned for years, with great linguistic wit. Folks I much appreciate any concern for or about China, as past Public Health Dysfunction now hits home. I'd also recommend far more concern for non-China-places. You don't need to be a PHD expert to see why.
"Dans un contexte de pénurie d'amoxicilline, de rejet massif des problématiques sanitaires/prévention par la population (=rejet des dépistages), c'est possible de voir ré-émerger ces complications d'un autre âge.
Respect for Michael Olesen, among the few outspoken epidemiologists. Current SARS policy is slow-onset E, more than policymakers realize. Anyone who understands the public health data knows. This is why we warn and why Long SARS data isn’t being collected.
(1) Who deserves Darwin Awards for their actions since 2019? I nominate airlines. 🤦🏻♀️🤡 (2) Dynamics matter. Climate is a global problem (Dennis Meadows), SARS a universal problem. (3) SARS is ‘rate-limiting’. To mitigate climate, eradicate SARS first.
"The solution to the problem of « clean water » was infrastructure but it was lawyers who forced gov to act. In 1919 Canada it was Public Health nurses in schools, but they were abandoned in 1995."
The SARS pandemic will end only if (!) lawyers end it. Lawyers where are you? 1/n
I don't know why Canada has been at the bleeding edge since the start of the pandemic, but it entered its fourth year (since the start of pandemic spread). As WHO is about to be forced to end the PHEIC under IHR 2005, the stakes are only rising.
Public health experts are stuck like a record on airborne HIV. My friends, I don't care what you call it, as long as you get across the message: (1) airborne precautions; (2) autoimmunity comparable to HIV; (3) we CAN eradicate it thru simple policy & international law (WHO). 1/n
Recall that most of the public, for diverse reasons, literally can't and won't read what you tell them. Simplicity wins. @Justanewsletter
@Justanewsletter The details are complex - hence the current mess, because learning in society takes time. We are on SARS where HIV was in the early 1980s.
But take heart, the basics are simple. Any five-year old understands this. If you don't believe it, here the ELI5:
(1) Check in with your Chinese friends, they may not be okay. (2) Shanghai protests may hit a note, if nothing else. (3) Comparison to Hong Kong or the past difficult if at all possible. Most forget that a deadly SARS virus profoundly changed the game for the foreseeable future.
(1) @RealCheckMarker shows you how Nietzsche’s Übermensch applies to SARS and I’ll add climate. (2) Read along @RoyScranton’s Nietzsche essays. (3) Appreciate the hierarchy: A solution is possible for COVID-19. If only if we find the SARS solution can we think about climate. 加油
(2) If you listen carefully, the abyss speaks to us in very plain language, and says Roy’s analysis stands. (3) SARS-CoV-2 determines the depth of the abyss. If you go full SARS my friends you will not find your way out again. ZeroSARS minimizes the abyss. archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.bl…
Perfect. Read this thread and go deeper as you see fit. I could retire my Twitter account now, this work is done. ✅