Things that stuck out to me at @jkenney’s presser today:

1. He mentioned “natural immunity” multiple times - does this mean it’s a good thing so many people are getting infected as far as he’s concerned? By the way, this philosophy is very flawed. /1

2. He mentioned that new restrictions won’t stop ppl from breaking the rules and won’t target where infection is spreading. I’d like to see the sector specific data to back this up. Media has been asking for this for months. Also, why are places of worship still open?! /2

3. Ongoing reliance on vaccinations. This should NOT be a race between vaccines and variants, but he’s turning it into one. We aren’t even certain how effective vaccines are against some of the VOCs. We need to slow down community spread and bring numbers DOWN in a big way. /3

My own thoughts: ICU numbers are at the brink of passing their wave 2 peak (151). Why are we playing chicken? We will lose this game. Plain and simple.