Interesting thread from @mengwong about how COVID capitalism may play out... worth the read.https://twitter.com/mengwong/status/1332549008020054016 …
Why is it trivial? Seems like a real problem to me. But also I think the anti-vaccine extremists are a minority and most will get it if seriously inconvenienced by repeated shutdowns etc
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What if demagogues can convince enough people that repeated shutdowns are just due to government overreach and oppression, and the vaccine is just as much of a hoax as the virus?
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I mean trivial in the sense that the American response to the vaccine is predictable: I’m expecting approximately 30–50% uptake, well short of what’s needed for herd immunity; well into 2021, Covid docs and nurses will continue to burn out as unvaccinated patients keep arriving.
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Most people will expect to deal with it the way we dealt with pandemics past, without vaccines: it’s an Act-of-God-level evolutionary filter selecting for people with natural immunity. What happened with the Spanish flu, if it was good enough for grandma it’s good enough for me!
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