I really don’t want to do this again
I hate to say it but I think they will attempt to shut the gate after the horse has bolted. I hope it’s just my GenX cynicism talking. I don’t want to do this again either. The last time didn’t exactly fill me with confidence, with all the politicking and social and mainstream media misinformation, and people just openly breaching the guidelines because they didn’t care enough, the antimaskers and antivaxers and sovereign citizens. After all we went through, I still see people not washing their hands when they should and coughing all over people in public places. It wasn’t that long ago, not long enough to have forgotten so easily, and it makes me angry and sad.
MHLoppy@fedia.io 5 months ago
I worry that if mass graves due to covid weren't enough to jolt near-unanimous support for protective measures, little else will. Would of course love to be proven wrong :(
edit: for the sake of clarity / not accidentally misrepresenting things, graves would be dug up there (as per the article) with/without covid, but the number of bodies being buried in that manner went to ~7x the amount during non-covid according to the article.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 months ago
There were even those temporary structures/tents outside of hospitals. Saw them locally, none of the behaviour changed though.
I really really hope that this virus doesn’t also jump to humans and force us to deal with strollouts and noncompliant people again…
Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Bit late to worry about it jumping to humans.
www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/avian-flu-summary.htm
Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 5 months ago
It feels like our public health systems have gone backwards since covid. Not because we don’t have the skills and resources, but because of ideology.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.website 5 months ago
I think the frequency of deaths after infection would need to be an order of magnitude higher to move the needle on preventative measures. People just assume it won’t effect them when 199 out of 200 people survive.
No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This measure of 199 out of 200 is the US population equivalent of 1,650,000 people.
Guess is time to start investing in the business of death and funerals.