https://www.theatlantic.com/health/...mic-intuition-nightmare-spiral-winter/616204/ This is the best article that I have read in relation to the **** show that is the American COVID-19 response. It’s long but a phenomenal read.
Here's the short version Looks to me like this is a permanent condition of America, which we already had coming into the virus. How did we even get to Trump in the first place? I'm gonna summarize the piece even further. "America Is Trapped in a #1 Spiral" 1. Magical Thinking (Our Lives Are and Shall Be the Best)
Here’s the first couple of paragraphs that I think start to line up what they talk about. Basically, the US wants a silver bullet that will get them out of this quagmire when it will take a concerted effort on many fronts. They use the example of while seatbelts are great, we still need crumple zones and airbags to truly protect people in a car.
i probably have the time but Im over here crying I dont have same wank view as baiter. cliffs notes por favr
I was able to complete all of comrades work at the mill today so the socialism police increased my daily internet allowance long enough for me to read that one article.
No problem... Basically...America's failures can be lumped into 9 categories. I'll use the Section titles and a brief description: 1. A Serial Monogamy of Solutions: America can seem to only handle one solution at a time...lockdown then masks then contact tracing. 2. False Dichotomies: The economy vs safety dichotomy was false...they were actually related as better safety would help the economy 3. The Comfort of Theatricality: Government and businesses are pretending to show safety by scrubbing and cleaning, but virus is airborne so one infected person can screw all that up. 4. Personal Blame Over Systemic Fixes: We were more concerned about shaming folks seeking pleasure (crowded beaches, parks, other outdoor areas) instead of fixing systemic issues (i.e. poor labor conditions, prison conditions, nursing homes, universal health care, paid vacations, blaming students for colleges seeing outbreaks instead of blaming schools for going to in-person classes). 5. The Normality Trap: The world looks the same as before so many are trying to continue their old way of living. 6. Magical Thinking: Self-explanatory. Trump's "the virus will go away" to expecting miracles...too much wishful thinking, not enough doing. 7. The Complacency of Inexperience: Cutting funding because we hadn't had a pandemic in years...assuming that your area hasn't been hit hard so you're OK...Not taking steps to proactively stop spreading (temperature checks and contact tracing at airports was cited as an example here since they are done in Rwanda, but not here) 8. A Reactive Rut: Because the spread isn't quick and may take time to enter areas, leaders are sitting and waiting instead of proactively making plans for the next two years. For example, education of children in this environment should have been a top priority with think-tanks and experts trying to deduce what to do...instead, it seems like everyone waited until the last minute and now all kinds of complications are occurring. It also doesn't help that Donald Trump is our president...people are fearful and confused and there needed to be a strong federal response...which we didn't get. 9. The Habituation of Horror: America is getting used to the virus now and it becomes just another normal problem...same as racism, poverty, school shootings, police brutality, etc.
Ed Yong is the real deal, and is one reason I reacted strongly when some winger troll called everyone at the Atlantic a bunch of liars. Yong published an amazing feature on the future pandemic and our weak points of preparation... in 2018.
