What I mean is that many now seem to be inferring there is no real pandemic, if we would just stop testing so much. They are throwing out the pandemic (the baby) with the bathwater (the testing).
I think there's a happy medium between that and fear mongering the hell out of people, along with useless mandates that do nothing to protect th…
What I mean is that many now seem to be inferring there is no real pandemic, if we would just stop testing so much. They are throwing out the pandemic (the baby) with the bathwater (the testing).
I think there's a happy medium between that and fear mongering the hell out of people, along with useless mandates that do nothing to protect the vulnerable, as you point out.
Case numbers are not the important thing, but it's not just case numbers that reflect what's happening with the pandemic.
Thanks for explaining! I guess my only disagreement is that I'm of the opinion that we should no longer be treating this a pandemic. I can see how my original post made it seem like I was dismissive that people are actually still getting sick from covid and I appreciate you speaking up. I have a tendency to make offensive jokes that you legitimately called me on.
Oh you're good! I was more referring to the overall discourse and direction lately it seems to have gone on this blog.
As far as treating it like a pandemic...I think it is what it is, and until it behaves more like the flu and doesn't put so much strain on our hospital systems, we have to deal with that reality. But I agree that we can't keep treating it the same way we did the first few months. That was an overreaction - but unfortunately, I don't think we can just dismiss it now.
What I mean is that many now seem to be inferring there is no real pandemic, if we would just stop testing so much. They are throwing out the pandemic (the baby) with the bathwater (the testing).
I think there's a happy medium between that and fear mongering the hell out of people, along with useless mandates that do nothing to protect the vulnerable, as you point out.
Case numbers are not the important thing, but it's not just case numbers that reflect what's happening with the pandemic.
Thanks for explaining! I guess my only disagreement is that I'm of the opinion that we should no longer be treating this a pandemic. I can see how my original post made it seem like I was dismissive that people are actually still getting sick from covid and I appreciate you speaking up. I have a tendency to make offensive jokes that you legitimately called me on.
Oh you're good! I was more referring to the overall discourse and direction lately it seems to have gone on this blog.
As far as treating it like a pandemic...I think it is what it is, and until it behaves more like the flu and doesn't put so much strain on our hospital systems, we have to deal with that reality. But I agree that we can't keep treating it the same way we did the first few months. That was an overreaction - but unfortunately, I don't think we can just dismiss it now.