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> The second wave of COVID-19 infections has dashed all illusions of going back to the way things before I didn't read this much further, honestly. It's exhaus

by tazjin 6y ago

> The second wave of COVID-19 infections has dashed all illusions of going back to the way things before I didn't read this much further, honestly. It's exhausting to keep reading authors who don't really invest time in understanding the dynamics of what's going on. For those who want to dive in to this particular leaf: https://theconversation.com/the-us-isnt-in-a-second-wave-of-coronavirus-the-first-wave-never-ended-141032 https://theconversation.com/the-us-isnt-in-a-second-wave-of-... It really is useful to try and understand these things so you don't go around making muddied predictions. (Also I should note that I disagree with some things in that linked article, in case anyone is feeling like attacking other points that it makes)

perl4ever 6y ago
I think this may have devolved into nitpicking semantics. While a "second wave" I don't think is a widespread phenomenon in the sense of cases dying down and then coming back in a given place, some places could be considered to have a "second wave" in the sense that their wave has or will peak later than the wave in other places. For instance, Florida isn't having a second wave relative to itself, but it could be construed as a second wave relative to NY or NJ. It seems to me to boil down to a different arbitrary definition.
- tazjin 6y ago
  It's quite important semantically because for people who don't stay well informed 'second wave' might imply that areas which have "gone through" the wave are benig hit again, which so far is not the case. Essentially a lot of news reporting on this at the moment seems to be fearmongering and maybe an attempt at face-saving from politicians, who will at some point not be able to escape the reality that many of the measures they instituted were not the ones which would actually have saved lives (such as stricter policies about care homes).
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by tazjin 6y ago

perl4ever 6y ago

I think this may have devolved into nitpicking semantics. While a "second wave" I don't think is a widespread phenomenon in the sense of cases dying down and then coming back in a given place, some places could be considered to have a "second wave" in the sense that their wave has or will peak later than the wave in other places. For instance, Florida isn't having a second wave relative to itself, but it could be construed as a second wave relative to NY or NJ. It seems to me to boil down to a different arbitrary definition.

tazjin 6y ago
It's quite important semantically because for people who don't stay well informed 'second wave' might imply that areas which have "gone through" the wave are benig hit again, which so far is not the case. Essentially a lot of news reporting on this at the moment seems to be fearmongering and maybe an attempt at face-saving from politicians, who will at some point not be able to escape the reality that many of the measures they instituted were not the ones which would actually have saved lives (such as stricter policies about care homes).
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