Could reporters stop both-siding COVID and focus on why political leaders are failing us? Politicians aren’t reinstating mandates because masks remind us we are in a pandemic, and they are afraid that people will consume less if they see more people wearing masks. They are prioritizing corporate profits over public health.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/12/22/mask-mandate-covid-tripledemic/

#COVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth

Why mask mandates aren’t coming back even though covid is

Mask mandates are an effective tool against respiratory viruses. But health officials hesitate to reinstate them after years of political controversy.

The Washington Post

@luckytran
I'm in Arkansas. We have among the lowest vax rates in the nation. My hospital, Dr. Office, etc. don't require or wear masks. At this point I think I have fallen into "let Darwin do his thing"

The rest of us just have to accept that 7Million people in this country voted for Trump. That means at least 5 Million of those are really stupid. You can't fix stupid.

@statmonkey @luckytran

Make that let 'evolution do its thing'.

Mr Darwin was one of the first to notice the phenomenon of evolution. (Wallace)
http://darwin-online.org.uk/

From now on the virus will co-evolve in tandem with humanity.

The virus is not very nice, but things could be a lot worse.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus#explore-the-global-situation

Darwin Online

@antipode77 @luckytran

True. But if you are the one who has been trapped in your house the last two years because others could not be considerate enough to wear a mask and get a free shot, Covid seems bad enough.

@statmonkey @luckytran

Yes. It sure was a miserable time.

Knowing things could have been a lot worse is a paltry consolation.

@antipode77 @luckytran Yes and no. I mean, it's somewhat consoling but it's still bad here and honestly it's still going on. So it definitely could still be worse. I had an uncle who has been fighting cancer for 3 years. He's been sheltering in place. He went to the hospital two weeks ago and caught Covid in physical therapy from a nurse. It killed him. This is not over.