Katie NotopoulosDec 19, 2022
I’m thinking about Jan 2022 vs Dec 2022… how it seems like everything (in tech) has done a 180. Twitter, obviously. But also like, NFTs were the hottest thing! Crypto ads in the Super Bowl! Now it’s completely collapsed. Meta, Amazon et all layoffs, something previously unthinkable. What else?? What about the flip - something that started the year in the toilet and ended up succeeding?
Show threadShuvo of the Left

@peepeepoopoop This is indeed pretty amazing.

For me, it seems like COVID kinda pulled off the flip; last Jan it looked like we’d finally figure out how to mitigate infections effectively & permanently yet now it’s just “let ‘er rip!” everywhere, like basically the shrug emoji en masse. Arguably it goes beyond COVID to all pandemics; I mean monkey pox & even Ebola barely make any news now. Like…how? Are this many of us seriously OK dying/suffering/losing certain abilities so miserably? Weird.

Dec 19, 2022 at 2:46amMetatext
Show threadVDec 19, 2022
@ghoshuvo @peepeepoopoop what???? Covid was way way worse last January, it was the height of the omicron wave, measures that had worked on delta were all failing and basically for the only time in the pandemic things were getting canceled because everyone was sick, not just to prevent transmission. Now we have the updated boosters and a reasonable supply of antivirals, things are way better.
Show threadGlyphDec 20, 2022
@atonal440 @ghoshuvo @peepeepoopoop people just aren’t taking the booster. Uptake is still below 15% and doesn’t seem to be moving much. https://news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories/cdc-study-backs-bivalent-booster-effectiveness.-so-why-is-uptake-so-low
CDC Study Backs Bivalent Booster Effectiveness. So Why is Uptake So Low?

A first real-world study on vaccine effectiveness found bivalent COVID-19 boosters offer infection protection, but uptake rates are low.

Show threadAllan ChowDec 19, 2022

@ghoshuvo @peepeepoopoop deaths and hospitalizations are down but we still don't know much about long COVID.

Especially in Asia, though, once omicron swept through (and sweeping through china now) the sentiment for people who recovered is almost a sigh of relief.

Show threadChris BroomeDec 19, 2022
@peepeepoopoop @ghoshuvo a lot of businesses bet the changes in consumer behavior due to COVID being permanent. Those bills came due. Of course tech liked the way the world worked during lockdowns, it suited them
Show threadKkressDec 19, 2022
@ghoshuvo @peepeepoopoop Mpox (in the US) these days is mostly good news. The most impacted group, MSM, and the LGBTQ+ community went all in for vaccinations and now it’s nearly gone. Experts think it can once again be eradicated in the US: https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/mpx-trends.html
Mopox in the U.S.

Learn more about mpox in the United States.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Show threadGlyphDec 20, 2022
@Kkress @ghoshuvo @peepeepoopoop thank you for this! I hadn’t heard much about it but this is a GREAT reason why! (And thank you to the LGBTQ+ community for being apparently vastly better at vaccinations than the general population …)
Show threadShuvo of the LeftDec 20, 2022
@peepeepoopoop @Kkress while this is true, specific to Mpox, my point was a different one. I was simply implying that some kind of weird ‘pandemic fatigue’ has set in so that we seem to be increasingly oblivious to the ongoing major impact of most infectious diseases…less aware & less concerned (& less empathetic about) than we were in 2020-2021. That doesn’t bode well for future outbreaks of other, novel infectious diseases.
Show threadKkressDec 20, 2022

@ghoshuvo @peepeepoopoop 100% agree, the fatigue is real. I just think sharing the relative good news on Mpox is also useful, it shows caring can make a difference.

I suspect its a pendulum effect, we're currently swingimg hard to "not caring" side. Hopefully we'll eventually settle somewhere in the middle, more aware, slightly safer and cautious than we were in 2019.

Show threadShuvo of the LeftDec 20, 2022
@peepeepoopoop @Kkress Let us hope! 🙏🏽