We had more than sufficient evidence by mid-2020 (and earlier) that large COVID-19 outbreaks come with an associated cost. People desperately wanted this to be untrue, despite the very clear reality
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And so we got all this obvious misinformation, like the idea that the whole pandemic was just down to false positive results, or that we were all already immune to COVID-19 anyway
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If these efforts had consisted of honest, reasonable arguments about whether government restrictions were the best path forward based on the data at hand, we would've been having very different conversations for the last 6-12 months
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Instead, over and over again, we've had to spend countless hours fighting over basic facts, because the denialists would rather pretend that there was no pandemic than face reality and the difficult trade-offs that entails
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It is totally acceptable to say "the pandemic is bad but I think there will be greater harms from government action". I might disagree, it's complex, but that's a totally defensible position Instead, most denialists have just said "the pandemic isn't bad"
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France scientific counsil is inching closer to GBD. " on the condition that the older and more vulnerable groups adopt not only these measures, but also more specific steps (eg, voluntary self-isolation according to vulnerability criteria)" https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00036-0/fulltext …
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There's also a campaign in the Netherlands to push for a reopening with the same arguments. Where does this all come from? Are these groups connected?
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This tweet makes it obvious that you didn't read it.pic.twitter.com/1CHKOfoQhE
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I think the reason this happens is that normal humans can't comfortably hold onto the idea that it's okay to let some people die - or be hospitalized or disabled. So they talk about the costs of closures and minimize the reality of the disease and how pandemics work.
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If it's possible we should find out how many pct of private sector in the healthcare system. Whether their previous occupancy rate caused impact to PHA or not? Of course, Free Vacation is preferred but not free forever vacation (death) or long term vacation at a cost (longcovid)
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