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Never in the history of pandemics has there been a moment where "individuals" get to decide when a pandemic is finished. Historically pandemics were finished t
by Daishiman 5y ago
Never in the history of pandemics has there been a moment where "individuals" get to decide when a pandemic is finished.
Historically pandemics were finished through compulsory vaccination, lockdowns and quarantines controlled through force, or just letting the vulnerable die until disease mutate into something else or a couple of rounds of human breeding select for traits that improve survival.
"Individuals", as seen by the hot takes on newspapers, forums, and Twitter, have made remarkably bad observations about the pandemic, as if they just didn't spend their entire lives devoted to fields such as immunology, virology or epidemiology.
Hell I've spent the entire pandemic reading up on pretty much every new paper that comes out and I'm still astoundingly ignorant on the matters and I can at most give a handwavy opinion on whether "n" for a study is reasonable to extrapolate the authors' conclusions.
So I'll take my chances with the experts, the ones who made good, precise observations by applying what they learned on their field instead of believing that their own personal takes are the best on God's green earth.
- betwixthewires 5y agoFind me a single historical pandemic that was finished through compulsory vaccination, lockdowns or quarantines. You might find epidemics where they were handled in a country this way, but I've never heard of a pandemic in the history of the world resolved this way. The only pandemics I've ever heard of being resolved were through reservoir burnout, border closures or a disease becoming endemic as it appears this disease has.
- sterlind 5y agowouldn't smallpox qualify? that was a pandemic until it became epidemics because of vaccination and quarantine, then was eradicated.
- betwixthewires 5y agoMandatory vaccination and quarantine?
- rualca 5y agoSmallpox vaccination is mandatory at least in a few European countries I lived in. In fact, national vaccination programs mandate vaccines for about a dozen diseases starting right from birth. These national vaccination programs are also pretty clear in stating that the goal of these vaccines is to either make people immune or mitigate the impact of an infection.
- Daishiman 5y agoYes. The vast majority of public school systems mandate vaccination.
- forcry 5y ago>Historically pandemics were finished through compulsory vaccination, lockdowns and quarantines controlled through force Please provide a list of such pandemics.