Augie RayNov 30, 2022

“I think that #COVID19 is setting us up for a hundred years of problems.” People are ignoring the long-term risks of repeated infections. They should stop doing so and #WearAMask.

What history tells us about the long-term effects of a pandemic https://gero.usc.edu/2020/12/08/century-covid-pandemic-risk/

A century of COVID-19: what history tells us about the long-term effects of a pandemic

USC research showed that people born during the 1918 flu pandemic faced increased heart disease risk. COVID-19's legacy could be worse.

USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Show threadJ.H.NoyesDec 3, 2022
@augieray
I think it's setting us up for a return to the stone age. Eventually populations will get small enough that variants stop spawning, or at least stop spreading. Air travel isn't helping us in this matter at all.
@juls
Show threadAugie Ray
@noyes @juls I don't expect it to be that bad, but I do think we're going to so lifespans decrease. Eventually, people will be forced to come to terms with COVID due to the health and economic impact. It'll be a lot of sad and needless suffering we could've avoided had we been more cautious.
Dec 3, 2022 at 2:13pmWeb
Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47Dec 3, 2022
@augieray @noyes @juls the oligarchs don't care about #COVID because they think culling the population of the old and disabled is a good thing. Those people are "drains on the system." The only value they see in people is their labor.
What they don't understand, and are going to realize too late, is that COVID is decimating the entire global labor force, not just old and disabled people.
We're headed for a worldwide depression.