😡 "Though the pandemic continues to claim losses on par with the September 11 attacks each week, it has prompted far less in the way of societal reckoning. Instead of calling for a national memorial to pay tribute to those lost or a commission to examine systemic failures in pandemic response, a growing chorus of prominent journalists and pundits have taken aim at another target—the proponents of a more vigorous public health response."
https://www.pestemag.com/featured-posts/war-on-empathy-3r6br
Finally an article that speaks on so many of the ignored issues, including probably THE biggest one of the moment. What a sucker society we are that we're letting them divide and conquer us again.
"It's only right wing anti-vaxxers who are dying. Who cares?"
"Long COVID's just a psychosomatic issue with liberals."
Two years ago we were getting checks from the government, nearly wiping out childhood poverty, and that same government was paying for a big chunk of your health care. Now we're on the verge of, literally, nothing once the emergency declaration ends. Instead of being mad at them they've divided and conquered the nation once again.
With the authors being a medical anthropologist and a public health practitioner I don't know if I'd be caught bagging publicly on Michael Olseson, who's an actual board certified infectious disease epidemiologist with a work history of pandemic preparation, but, OK.
Anyway. Chalk another win up for manipulating the ever gullible American public.
