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I'm not looking at the number of comments from conspiracy nuts as a measure of success or failure, I'm looking at the confirmed case counts and death counts. C
by SantalBlush 5y ago
I'm not looking at the number of comments from conspiracy nuts as a measure of success or failure, I'm looking at the confirmed case counts and death counts. Considering how pernicious this virus is, our prevention efforts have not been a complete failure. The death count could easily be an order of magnitude higher today. That's not blind optimism for the future, that's the reality of the present.
- jacquesm 5y agoYou need to add one giant qualifier there: 'in the developed world'. So far what we've managed to achieve is to stave of the worst at the expense of ruining our economy and now having to deal with a whole pile of new and nastier variations. You can't really say anything about the outcome of a fire until the fire is under control, right now we may have the illusion of control but I don't believe that we are there just yet.
- SantalBlush 5y agoThat doesn't matter. I was replying to a comment about our response to the pandemic. That comment indicated our response was a failure based on what we know today, and I disagreed that it was a failure based on what we know today.
- jacquesm 5y agoIt is a failure compared to what we already knew back then. If people had just been smart enough to listen to Mike Ryan instead of bashing the WHO we'd be in much better shape today. All this slow-walking cost us dearly. That it could have been worse is true. But it also could have been much better.