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“Policymakers have approached Covid along a single axis – ‘the science’ or public health,” “But even within that axis, things get ignored – such as other diseases, be they infectious [or] non-infectious.” 1/n
@SunetraGupta https://www.newframe.com/sunetra-gupta-and-the-covid-19-culture-war/
@SunetraGupta https://www.newframe.com/sunetra-gupta-and-the-covid-19-culture-war/
Other axes that were ignored:
1) social
2) cultural
3) psychological
4) economic
5) moral
6) aesthetic
2/n
1) social
2) cultural
3) psychological
4) economic
5) moral
6) aesthetic
2/n
“the aesthetic axis: how you want to live your life”
“There is a richness in human contact that needs to be respected. Life is not just about survival in the face of a pandemic.”
“one of the pleasures of getting older is reaching a kind of accommodation with death”
3/n
“There is a richness in human contact that needs to be respected. Life is not just about survival in the face of a pandemic.”
“one of the pleasures of getting older is reaching a kind of accommodation with death”
3/n
Are lockdowns right or left-wing?
“I feel that hard lockdowns and closed borders & the extreme nationalism that accompanies those policies, and the intolerance of any other position, is really quite reactionary. It is anything but left-wing. It’s not communitarian at all.” 4/n
“I feel that hard lockdowns and closed borders & the extreme nationalism that accompanies those policies, and the intolerance of any other position, is really quite reactionary. It is anything but left-wing. It’s not communitarian at all.” 4/n
Cost-benefit analysis of lockdowns?
Which way does the scale tip? 5/n
Which way does the scale tip? 5/n
The response to #COVID19 should aim at reducing total harm not just focus on an unrealistic goal of #zerocovidDE
6/n
6/n
whether we like it or not, we will reach herd immunity. Unfortunately, we have chosen to reach it in the most painful and costly way- by suppressing transmission in the young and healthy who are mostly not affected by the disease. 7/n
@BallouxFrancois
@BallouxFrancois
Here's a peek at what lockdowns looked like in developing countries. 8/n
The Lockdown experience in developed countries was much softer and easier to accept. People in the developing world don't enjoy the same luxuries.
9/n
9/n
@SunetraGupta on #masks
“she believes that mandates to wear any kind of mask in all public spaces are excessive, given the lack of proven evidence of the efficacy of cloth masks when used on that scale." 10/n
“she believes that mandates to wear any kind of mask in all public spaces are excessive, given the lack of proven evidence of the efficacy of cloth masks when used on that scale." 10/n
@SunetraGupta on #masks
"One always turns to #Sweden, where they are not wearing masks, and it doesn’t seem to be making a big difference there.”
Let's reassess the situation, learn from our mistakes & be flexible enough to change our course of action.
Let's follow Sweden!
11/n
"One always turns to #Sweden, where they are not wearing masks, and it doesn’t seem to be making a big difference there.”
Let's reassess the situation, learn from our mistakes & be flexible enough to change our course of action.
Let's follow Sweden!
11/n
@SunetraGupta on #masks
"I find making them [young people] wear masks in each other’s company very problematic, particularly because they are not at any risk of serious illness or death.” 12/n
#UnMaskKids
"I find making them [young people] wear masks in each other’s company very problematic, particularly because they are not at any risk of serious illness or death.” 12/n
#UnMaskKids
What do the elderly value more?
“We don’t lock down every #flu season, partially because we realise that would not be of any benefit to the elderly, who would rather take the risk of dying in order to see their children and grandchildren.” 13/n
Voluntary #FocusedProtection.
“We don’t lock down every #flu season, partially because we realise that would not be of any benefit to the elderly, who would rather take the risk of dying in order to see their children and grandchildren.” 13/n
Voluntary #FocusedProtection.
Sign the #GBDeclaration.
Let's compromise and protect those at highest risk while allowing the young to go back to life. 14/14 https://gbdeclaration.org/
Let's compromise and protect those at highest risk while allowing the young to go back to life. 14/14 https://gbdeclaration.org/
