AnnetteDec 20, 2022
Gtmlosangeles

Enough dogpiling on China. The almost gleeful news coverage in the US. The panting "I told you so" toots. It's too much.

1. Yes, it will be bad. This is a reason to be caring.
2. Nobody wins here. More deaths on one side of the Pacific doesn't mean fewer deaths on the other.
3. The list of countries that rolled out the perfect policy for every twist of this unprecedented epidemic is zero.
4. The US has had and continues to have plenty of deaths due to poor policy.
5. Our family is dying. For some of us, our literal family.

Show some fucking respect. Show some humanity.

#china
#covid

Dec 20, 2022 at 12:50amWeb
Show threadRenéeDec 20, 2022

@Gtmlosangeles I agree with all this. Being assholes about COVID failure doesn't help the dying now.

As long as it isn't used to silence "now what?" conversations. Sometimes it does take tragedy to galvanize policy response change.

So can we use this, we meaning any government or group, to finally FINALLY push for the steps that the world needs to take* to emerge into a better pandemic normal?

* e.g. ventilation, masking, vaccination, health comms, sci literacy, WFH, UBI and sick time, etc...

Show threadcorinne she|herDec 20, 2022
@Gtmlosangeles So much commentary I'm seeing is in such bad faith & so cruel. 💔 It's hard to see all the hand wringing about freedom from covid-zero policies (from a few weeks back) as anything other than sinophobic concern trolling when the people affected are now being objectified as fodder for gloating.
Show threadMMSDec 20, 2022

@Gtmlosangeles This tendency to gloat, to imply 'I told you so', is utterly shameful.

China's desire to suppress Covid has been a victim of the predominant tendencies in the West. As were Australia's policies. As were New Zealand's.

None of us functions in a vacuum.

The idea that China 'failed' and is now facing the inevitable consequences is claptrap. Individual nations can fight for only so long against the prevailing winds.

The world failed. We all pay the consequences.

Show threadFergus RyanDec 20, 2022
@Gtmlosangeles do you mean people should stop criticising the party-state for not preparing over the past 3 years? Is it OK to say it’s not good that they still won’t allow MRNA vaccines into the country?