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 LeftDec 19, 2022

@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.

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 threadGlyph
@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.

Dec 20, 2022 at 4:51amToot!