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> Somewhere along the line we went from “flatten the curve” to “no one can ever get sick again”. Oh please, no public health official has ever said that, and y

> Somewhere along the line we went from “flatten the curve” to “no one can ever get sick again”. Oh please, no public health official has ever said that, and you know it. The problem is the curve isn't flat, thanks to 1) Delta, and 2) vaccine hesitancy. There's a reason ICUs in the American south are at or over capacity.

nemo44x 5y ago
That was the #1 trending topic on Twitter last year for a long time. Public officials supported it. I think the woke call what you’re trying to do, “gaslighting”.
- CarelessExpert 5y ago
  Well, then you should be able to find some excellent examples of public officials (I'll welcome comments from the CDC, WHO, state level health authorities, or similar expert organizations) making the claim that "no one can ever get sick again"! I look forward to the voluminous citations supporting your claims. As an aside, I find it amusing yet entirely unsurprising that you're of the persuasion to believe the term "woke" is somehow a pejorative. But nice work throwing around what you believe to be insults.
  - nemo44x 5y ago
    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/article/flatten-curve-coronavirus.amp.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/article/flatten... “The gentler curve results in fewer people infected at this critical moment in time — preventing a surge that would inundate the healthcare system and ultimately, one hopes, resulting in fewer deaths. “What we need to do is flatten that down,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, during the coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on a Tuesday evening in early March. “You do that with trying to interfere with the natural flow of the outbreak.”
    - CarelessExpert 5y ago
      Nowhere in that quote does Fauci say "no one can get sick again". He's literally talking about flattening the curve and the reason for doing so. Either your reading comprehension is lacking or you need to try harder.
      - nemo44x 5y ago
        It was the implication. We’ve done that. But now they have changed the rules to no one can get sick again. Their actions speak for themselves, wokey.(I mean that as a compliment)
        CarelessExpert 5y ago
        Oh the implication! Well, you got me there. Obviously we can't just read what he said and take it at face value...
- spookthesunset 5y ago
  It’s complete gaslighting. There was even animated charts plastered over everybody’s Facebook posts. “Two weeks to flatten the curve and build up hospital capacity”. Right down the memory hole and people calling you crazy. Gaslighting.

nemo44x 5y ago

That was the #1 trending topic on Twitter last year for a long time. Public officials supported it. I think the woke call what you’re trying to do, “gaslighting”.

CarelessExpert 5y ago
Well, then you should be able to find some excellent examples of public officials (I'll welcome comments from the CDC, WHO, state level health authorities, or similar expert organizations) making the claim that "no one can ever get sick again"! I look forward to the voluminous citations supporting your claims. As an aside, I find it amusing yet entirely unsurprising that you're of the persuasion to believe the term "woke" is somehow a pejorative. But nice work throwing around what you believe to be insults.
- nemo44x 5y ago
  https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/article/flatten-curve-coronavirus.amp.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/article/flatten... “The gentler curve results in fewer people infected at this critical moment in time — preventing a surge that would inundate the healthcare system and ultimately, one hopes, resulting in fewer deaths. “What we need to do is flatten that down,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, during the coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on a Tuesday evening in early March. “You do that with trying to interfere with the natural flow of the outbreak.”
  - CarelessExpert 5y ago
    Nowhere in that quote does Fauci say "no one can get sick again". He's literally talking about flattening the curve and the reason for doing so. Either your reading comprehension is lacking or you need to try harder.
    - nemo44x 5y ago
      It was the implication. We’ve done that. But now they have changed the rules to no one can get sick again. Their actions speak for themselves, wokey.(I mean that as a compliment)
      - CarelessExpert 5y ago
        Oh the implication! Well, you got me there. Obviously we can't just read what he said and take it at face value...
spookthesunset 5y ago
It’s complete gaslighting. There was even animated charts plastered over everybody’s Facebook posts. “Two weeks to flatten the curve and build up hospital capacity”. Right down the memory hole and people calling you crazy. Gaslighting.