Institutional COVID denial has killed public health as we knew it. Prepare to lose several centuries of progress.
(🧵It's the Сονіd, ѕtυріd!): Viewing the US election through the lens of the ongoing ЅАRЅ-Соν-2 раndеmіc.
“(🧵It's the Сονіd, ѕtυріd!): Viewing the US election through the lens of the ongoing ЅАRЅ-Соν-2 раndеmіc.
(My hot take on what happened, and where things are headed. Prelude to the final 🧵in the "How does it end" series)…
…No country can expect sustained 3% growth, if 3% of its workforce drops out every year.
There is no path forward - for the US or any other country - without addressing this. Repeated covid infections are not a sustainable situation.”
🔥📣 I am thrilled to bring you this fascinating, shocking interview with former CDC Director, Dr. Robert Redfield. 👀 I almost fell off my seat a number of times. 👀
“🔥📣 I am thrilled to bring you this fascinating, shocking interview with former CDC Director, Dr. Robert Redfield. 👀 I almost fell off my seat a number of times. 👀”
We may think we’re done with COVID-19, but COVID-19 is not done with us
“I am concerned that the sense of urgency about COVID-19 appears to have faded. The disease has not been discussed during the election season, even though it is an ongoing and developing public health threat. I believe this is a dangerous mindset. The reality is that COVID-19 remains a unique and deadly threat for many people — it is not just another respiratory virus, and should not be treated as such by our leaders.”
I am concerned that the sense of urgency about COVID-19 appears to have faded. The disease has not been discussed during the election season, even though it is an ongoing and developing public health threat.
I believe this is a dangerous mindset. The reality is that COVID-19 remains a unique and deadly threat for many people — it is not just another respiratory virus, and should not be treated as such by our leaders.
Calm-mongering
“Both the Biden administration and its critics, faced with an impending wave of disease with the potential for mass death and disability, chose to spend their time focused on critiquing or defending the tone of the messaging. The comical absurdity of the situation belies the horrific public health failure. It was a mass mortality event without precedent in the history of the United States. Given that the level of concern of the public was likely to impact their degree of adoption of risk mitigation measures, this misplaced focus on urging calm, rather than masking and vaccination, was a deadly mistake. A more honest discussion about the risks could have saved lives. All the back-and-forth about whether fear was or was not being mongered distracted from the task at hand, which should have been (checks notes) protecting the public from Omicron BA.1.”
Imagine going to the doctor for treatment for diabetic neuropathy. Only, the doctor tells you diabetes isn't a thing, and suggests your fear of sugar is anxiety disorder, and you're experiencing pain due to anxiety.
Todd Datz, Managing Director of Media Relations & Public Affairs for , interviewed
“Todd Datz, Managing Director of Media Relations & Public Affairs for @HarvardChanSPH, interviewed @CDCDirector @DrMandyCohen
‘...on COVID lessons and restoring trust in public health’.”