Re:Study finds people have short-lived immunity to seasonal ...
by mjburgess on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @11:30AM
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The alarming thing about the justification of these measures is that it seems it can never be invalidated.
Covid is endemic (it is not a pandemic). When exactly will we experience no mass covid deaths? (we experience mass flu deaths).
Simply, never. Is it really that in 3yr time we will be "happy" with a 0.2% rate? (ie., 50% of current rate). Will "half the number of grandparents" dying be a tolerable amount?
The justification behind everything here is alarmingly short-termism, I can only imagine govs are waiting for some kind of "vaccine" or "health theatre" that will allow people to resume normal behaviour. (cf. airport security theatre exists to encourage people to fly; it is demanded by airlines so people feel flying is safe. One assumes they hope vaccines will play the same role.)
However gov.s are at their financial breaking points re Lockdown as a strategy, and it'll be this that goes first. Hard to say what the political ramifications of that are, many middle-class shut-ins simply refuse to believe gov. is a limited actor.
Covid is endemic (it is not a pandemic). When exactly will we experience no mass covid deaths? (we experience mass flu deaths).
Simply, never. Is it really that in 3yr time we will be "happy" with a 0.2% rate? (ie., 50% of current rate). Will "half the number of grandparents" dying be a tolerable amount?
The justification behind everything here is alarmingly short-termism, I can only imagine govs are waiting for some kind of "vaccine" or "health theatre" that will allow people to resume normal behaviour. (cf. airport security theatre exists to encourage people to fly; it is demanded by airlines so people feel flying is safe. One assumes they hope vaccines will play the same role.)
However gov.s are at their financial breaking points re Lockdown as a strategy, and it'll be this that goes first. Hard to say what the political ramifications of that are, many middle-class shut-ins simply refuse to believe gov. is a limited actor.