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A confession: it's very strange how quickly I became accustomed to the idea that city officials *could* close my business and ban gatherings in my home — not in the short term, but indefinitely. I was far more livid about the prospect of this at the lockdown 40-day mark...https://twitter.com/webdevMason/status/1255888311794585606 …
I've always supported lockdowns for short-term emergency response. I never anticipated that the justification for rule-by-order would quietly shift from "flatten the curve to avoid overwhelming hospitals" to "achieve <1 daily new cases per 100,000 people," CA's new benchmark.pic.twitter.com/aOKKyJZwSj
In San Francisco, the deaths from drug overdose this year dwarf those from COVID-19 four-to-one, on track for a 60% increase over last year. But tread carefully asking whether there might be a link to the disruption of life and livelihood en masse.https://twitter.com/hknightsf/status/1314705396418838529 …
Most important to me, personally, is remembering that this is not normal. It is not normal for a city official anywhere in the United States to unilaterally declare that allowing a friend or colleague into your home is a crime punishable by fine or imprisonment.pic.twitter.com/XuNi5gnoVF
To cap, I should reiterate that I still take COVID seriously. 10 months in, case fatality globally is still at around 0.5-5%, quite bad given that we've had time to build out test capacity. As with SARS, signs of longer-term damage in recovered patients. Avoid this if you can.
Incrementalism.
A confession. If everyone followed guidelines for 6 weeks. We could put this to bed.
Do you know how viruses work? In the history of the world, we have only eradicated one, and that was through mass vaccinations.
Soon you'll be accepting droit du seigneur. Especially now that they've switched to using "antigen tests"... they're only about 80% accurate. Testing everyone who dies with those tests will create a permanent casedemic.
80% specificity or sensitivity?
Agreed! I assume the courts will step in at some point? Not an expert in the constitution, but it doesn't mince words about freedom of assembly.
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