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So this story is a good occasion to point out something I& #39;ve been noticing about the narrative behind this quarantine, a narrative that I worry has been created for political expediency. https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Experts-worry-quarantine-fatigue-is-starting-15226487.php">https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/arti...
The way it has been framed, by officials and journalists alike, is this: The American people should be expected to be thoroughly content with an indefinite economic shutdown and stay-at-home. It& #39;s up to ordinary citizens to be OK with all of this while vaccines are developed.
My question is, why? Why is THIS the narrative? Why isn& #39;t the messaging more about the finite amount of time that governors and medical professionals have before mental health issues and simple risk assessment push people outside?
The assumption seems to be that effective therapeutic drugs, vaccines, and good policy are going to arrive when they arrive. There& #39;s no messing with them. In the meantime, regular citizens are given celebrity PSAs to remind them to be OK with not living life.
This is backward.
This is backward.
