The COVID Commission
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In some ways, the U.S. government at all levels, especially among public health officials, treated all of us like toddlers, compelling us to endure…
Then she goes in to describe all the things that annoyed her, almost all of which came from state and local governments. What an idiot.
@jon-nyc said in The COVID Commission:
Then she goes in to describe all the thugs that annoyed her, almost all of which came from state and local governments. What an idiot.
You need to get out more.
Not everyone, but a lot of people believe little to nothing of what the government now tells them about public health. That is because of conflicting messages during the pandemic and no accountability afterwards.
There will be another pandemic. It's a certainty. The only question is when. What I think you're missing, is that if you don't try to fix this credibility gap now, next time the previous areas of noncompliance are going to look like a three year-old's birthday party compared to the social upheaval we'll experience. In that case, good public health policy will falter and people will needlessly get sick and possibly die.
Maybe, just maybe, you might want to bridge the confidence gap. And the only way to do that is to have a clear and fair investigation on what worked, what didn't, and a bright line of authority and response going forward.
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@jon-nyc said in The COVID Commission:
Funny while we’re discussing this, GA Governor posts this:
Absolutely. This is what DeSantis has failed to do. He needs to hammer Trump’s COVID Failures… I’m sure there’s a picture somewhere of him handing the commendation to Fauci on January 20th….
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If you think about it, Trump was a net imposer of Covid restrictions, Biden has been a net relaxer of them.
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What hysteria? Am not aware of any here. Might be a case of the usual localised exceptionalism
@Renauda said in The COVID Commission:
What hysteria? Am not aware of any here. Might be a case of the usual localised exceptionalism
I have seen zero evidence of any hysteria whatsoever where I live. When people get Covid, they take a week off work, and then they come back to work when they're better.
I was only joking
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@jon-nyc said in The COVID Commission:
If you think about it, Trump was a net imposer of Covid restrictions, Biden has been a net relaxer of them.
It's a little sad that that's what passes for thinking.
@Horace said in The COVID Commission:
@jon-nyc said in The COVID Commission:
If you think about it, Trump was a net imposer of Covid restrictions, Biden has been a net relaxer of them.
It's a little sad that that's what passes for thinking.
It's an observation. An empirical truth, which stand whether anyone thinks about it or not.
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@Horace said in The COVID Commission:
@jon-nyc said in The COVID Commission:
If you think about it, Trump was a net imposer of Covid restrictions, Biden has been a net relaxer of them.
It's a little sad that that's what passes for thinking.
It's an observation. An empirical truth, which stand whether anyone thinks about it or not.
@jon-nyc said in The COVID Commission:
@Horace said in The COVID Commission:
@jon-nyc said in The COVID Commission:
If you think about it, Trump was a net imposer of Covid restrictions, Biden has been a net relaxer of them.
It's a little sad that that's what passes for thinking.
It's an observation. An empirical truth, which stand whether anyone thinks about it or not.
A disingenuous message using a facile truth. Yes I'm sure everybody gets it, no need to dive deeper.
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@Renauda said in The COVID Commission:
What hysteria? Am not aware of any here. Might be a case of the usual localised exceptionalism
I have seen zero evidence of any hysteria whatsoever where I live. When people get Covid, they take a week off work, and then they come back to work when they're better.
@Doctor-Phibes said in The COVID Commission:
@Renauda said in The COVID Commission:
What hysteria? Am not aware of any here. Might be a case of the usual localised exceptionalism
I have seen zero evidence of any hysteria whatsoever where I live. When people get Covid, they take a week off work, and then they come back to work when they're better.
The banality of hysteria surrounded us all. I was faced with the prospect of losing my livelihood if I didn't get the jab, for instance. This is common.
Education is extremely important.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The COVID Commission:
@Renauda said in The COVID Commission:
What hysteria? Am not aware of any here. Might be a case of the usual localised exceptionalism
I have seen zero evidence of any hysteria whatsoever where I live. When people get Covid, they take a week off work, and then they come back to work when they're better.
The banality of hysteria surrounded us all. I was faced with the prospect of losing my livelihood if I didn't get the jab, for instance. This is common.
@Horace said in The COVID Commission:
@Doctor-Phibes said in The COVID Commission:
@Renauda said in The COVID Commission:
What hysteria? Am not aware of any here. Might be a case of the usual localised exceptionalism
I have seen zero evidence of any hysteria whatsoever where I live. When people get Covid, they take a week off work, and then they come back to work when they're better.
The banality of hysteria surrounded us all. I was faced with the prospect of losing my livelihood if I didn't get the jab, for instance. This is common.
He's talking about the right's fear/fantasy that the hardcore restrictions are coming back.
If you don't take it, it can only good happen.
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@Horace said in The COVID Commission:
@Doctor-Phibes said in The COVID Commission:
@Renauda said in The COVID Commission:
What hysteria? Am not aware of any here. Might be a case of the usual localised exceptionalism
I have seen zero evidence of any hysteria whatsoever where I live. When people get Covid, they take a week off work, and then they come back to work when they're better.
The banality of hysteria surrounded us all. I was faced with the prospect of losing my livelihood if I didn't get the jab, for instance. This is common.
He's talking about the right's fear/fantasy that the hardcore restrictions are coming back.
@jon-nyc said in The COVID Commission:
@Horace said in The COVID Commission:
@Doctor-Phibes said in The COVID Commission:
@Renauda said in The COVID Commission:
What hysteria? Am not aware of any here. Might be a case of the usual localised exceptionalism
I have seen zero evidence of any hysteria whatsoever where I live. When people get Covid, they take a week off work, and then they come back to work when they're better.
The banality of hysteria surrounded us all. I was faced with the prospect of losing my livelihood if I didn't get the jab, for instance. This is common.
He's talking about the right's fear/fantasy that the hardcore restrictions are coming back.
I'm sure he can speak for himself, but it would be nice if there is consensus that hysteria (a word with a connotation of irrationality) once existed. Regardless of hysterical fears that it will return.
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@Horace said in The COVID Commission:
@Doctor-Phibes said in The COVID Commission:
@Renauda said in The COVID Commission:
What hysteria? Am not aware of any here. Might be a case of the usual localised exceptionalism
I have seen zero evidence of any hysteria whatsoever where I live. When people get Covid, they take a week off work, and then they come back to work when they're better.
The banality of hysteria surrounded us all. I was faced with the prospect of losing my livelihood if I didn't get the jab, for instance. This is common.
He's talking about the right's fear/fantasy that the hardcore restrictions are coming back.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The COVID Commission:
@Renauda said in The COVID Commission:
What hysteria? Am not aware of any here. Might be a case of the usual localised exceptionalism
I have seen zero evidence of any hysteria whatsoever where I live. When people get Covid, they take a week off work, and then they come back to work when they're better.
The banality of hysteria surrounded us all. I was faced with the prospect of losing my livelihood if I didn't get the jab, for instance. This is common.
@Horace said in The COVID Commission:
The banality of hysteria surrounded us all. I was faced with the prospect of losing my livelihood if I didn't get the jab, for instance. This is common.
I remember a fair amount of hysteria associated with the sight of refrigerated trucks sitting outside NY hospitals.
The masks and vaccinations didn't bother me so much, TBH. I was quite relieved to get the shot, and the mask was at most an inconvenience. Maybe that's just silly old me.
I was only joking
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….mask was at most an inconvenience.
That’s how I felt about most of the measures as well. An inconvenience.
Elbows up!
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@Horace said in The COVID Commission:
The banality of hysteria surrounded us all. I was faced with the prospect of losing my livelihood if I didn't get the jab, for instance. This is common.
I remember a fair amount of hysteria associated with the sight of refrigerated trucks sitting outside NY hospitals.
The masks and vaccinations didn't bother me so much, TBH. I was quite relieved to get the shot, and the mask was at most an inconvenience. Maybe that's just silly old me.
@Doctor-Phibes said in The COVID Commission:
@Horace said in The COVID Commission:
The banality of hysteria surrounded us all. I was faced with the prospect of losing my livelihood if I didn't get the jab, for instance. This is common.
I remember a fair amount of hysteria associated with the sight of refrigerated trucks sitting outside NY hospitals.
The masks and vaccinations didn't bother me so much, TBH. I was quite relieved to get the shot, and the mask was at most an inconvenience. Maybe that's just silly old me.
The response was perfect, and if it had been more heavy handed, that would have been perfect too. I get it.
Education is extremely important.
