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COVID has gotten this bad not because of people seeing families, not because of socializing, not even solely because of the anti-mask psychos. COVID has gotten this bad because the US government will happily let workers die on the job to keep the economy going. It& #39;s that simple
It& #39;s so easy and lazy to incorrectly blame bad individual actors here- and such is the backbone of liberal policymaking in general- but even a child could look at all this & it& #39;s clear the US government on every level made a clear, bipartisan choice to tell you to fuck off & die
it& #39;s not density, it& #39;s not size, it& #39;s not money; controlling this was not only possible but straightforward. This was premeditated mass murderer, with every governor, every senator, nearly every representative, the CDC, (& ofc the trump admin) all culpable, all conspirators
you absolutely should stay home if you can, and do your part. This isn& #39;t absolution for being irresponsible. But most people don& #39;t even have the option to stay home. Most people have had to work nearly every day through this.
Imagine, just imagine, if we actually shut down & paid everyone, gave everyone PPE, didn& #39;t purposefully spread scientific misinformation about mask efficacy that permanently fucked up usage behavior. Imagine how different it& #39;d be. Imagine how many people would still be here.
One thing I think I will say, and a couple people have raised this as a very good point (& a blind spot of mine), is that there does have to be a discussion of the fact that a lot of people who *could* have done basic stuff on an indiv level just didn& #39;t, at all, the whole time
while I think people not giving a shit & being unmasked is more common in NY than it might seem from coverage, it& #39;s still a different experience than other parts of the country for sure, and the truth is in a lot of areas people just still aren& #39;t wearing masks at all
A lot of it comes down to awful public health messaging by the govt, access to resources, & misconceptions about risk & density- but we do have to find a way to talk about individual risky behaviors in a way that doesnt lose the forest for the trees re: who is ultimately to blame
& i could& #39;ve been clearer about that from the get go, so I greatly appreciate the people who talked to me and pointed this out
