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 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 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 Left
@peepeepoopoop @Kkress Let us hope! 🙏🏽
Dec 20, 2022 at 7:39pmMetatext