How the media gaslights people on #COVID19:
In one article, it says, “The uptick of cases likely isn’t cause for alarm, though: most Covid cases are mild” and then buries this quote from an epidemiologist: “Covid is likely to remain in the leading causes of death in the United States for the foreseeable future.”
If a leading cause of death can be easily prevented with simple mitigations, then how is ANY uptick in cases not a reason for concern?
@augieray I mean, we apparently could have been wearing masks during flu season just in high-transmission situations (transit, medical contexts, etc.) and dramatically reduced its transmission and saved 10,000s of lives a year and 100,000s of hospitalizations…yet social norms prevented us. So we’ve slingshotted back to that. The article notes that COVID might reduce to flu levels of death…most of which are preventable, too.
@glennf @augieray When SARs came around and we had hand sanitizer bottles everywhere in the office and we used them a lot I noticed that winter I didn't fall sick - usually its 4-5 /yr.
Since, every winter cold & flu season I have a sani bottle on my desk or wash my hands thoroughly after touching any thing - door handle, microwave buttons - in the office. Works a treat; most germs you get transfered from hand to eyes/mouth.
I think sanitizers and masks are just the new normal if you ask me.
@tezoatlipoca @glennf @augieray Yeah, I appreciate the ubiquitous sanitizers thing at work.
