Ignoring the realities of COVID

[firecat]

The Case for Wearing Masks Forever by Emma Green for The New Yorker

The title is clickbait but the article is interesting. It’s about the organization https://peoplescdc.org/ which argues that the sudden shift to “the pandemic is over” is bullshit, and provides alternative analysis of the data.

the People’s C.D.C. [is] a ragtag coalition of academics, doctors, activists, and artists who…have made it their mission to distribute information about the pandemic—what they see as real information
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“the C.D.C.’s data and guidelines have been distorted by powerful forces with vested interests in keeping people at work.”
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The People’s C.D.C. strongly supports mask mandates… arguing that “the vaccine-only strategy promoted by the CDC is insufficient.” The group has noted that resistance to masks is most common among white people.

Comments

[deakat]

I'm so disheartened by the government's focus on avoiding anything that will hurt the ability of the owner class to continue increasing their profits at the expense of workers' health and lives. There's a Discord server that I find helpful when I need to be among kindred spirits: Covid Precaution Community.

[firecat]

Thank you, I’m glad to know of the discord.