The following Tweet really wins the internet:
Pretty much sums it up. The virus can be defanged and reduced to a nuisance, and indeed it largely has already thanks to herd immunity and attenuation, but it will never be eliminated. It will continue to ebb and flow to one degree or another indefinitely. Even smallpox took over 200 years to eradicate after the vaccine. And it's time we accept that fact and deal with endemic COVID like we do seasonal flu and the common cold. That is, learn to live with the virus just like all other endemic viruses. We know now that lockdowns, masks, social distancing, and stuff like that really make no difference to the course of the virus in the long run, and they come with their own set of problems, ultimately doing more harm than good. And that applies a fortiori to endemic COVID.
That's right, these restrictions are all pain and no gain. And there is a name for doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
We know how to treat this disease now. We know what to use for prophylaxis as well. We know that the virus, while bad, was never the apocalyptic Big One that some had predicted. We know who the risk groups are, and we have already vaccinated them (plus a good chunk of the general population as well) to a greater extent and faster than we have for any other disease in history. So anyone who says we still somehow can't go 100% back to normal yesterday because reasons is a LIAR with a hidden or not-so-hidden agenda. And we thus must completely disregard their bluster. Yesterday is not soon enough!
UPDATE: Another Tweet, even more to the point:
No comments:
Post a Comment