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I see more and more of these articles and I feel like we're being conditioned to accept an 180 degree turn by our governments on COVID response. I get the feeli

I see more and more of these articles and I feel like we're being conditioned to accept an 180 degree turn by our governments on COVID response. I get the feeling that pretty soon the narrative is going to shift to getting back to normal and living with COVID. We saw that article from the NYT yesterday, a couple threads on Omicron, and now this. ...and this is even hackernews which is not a mainstream outlet. my kids did remote learning for part of last year and were able to get through it ok thanks to my retired MIL basically becoming a teacher. I feel very fortunate for that. My wife is a middle-school teacher and after the past two years she's ready to quit and we downsize in order to homeschool and side-step the public school system disaster.

gruez 5y ago
>I see more and more of these articles and I feel like we're being conditioned to accept an 180 degree turn by our governments on COVID response. Is there any reason to believe the government is behind it, rather the other way around? It also seems plausible that the lockdown is pissing people off, journalists are writing about it, and the government does a 180 due to public pressure.
- kbelder 5y ago
  They may go hand-in-hand. People are getting so fed up with it that it's no longer useful to try to keep them roiled up.
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TigeriusKirk 5y ago
On a national level, the Democrats need a return to normality by late summer at worst. The midterms are going to be brutal no matter what, and if everything is still disrupted the incumbents will be punished. Doesn't matter if it's fair, it's what will happen.
throwawayboise 5y ago
This was my prediction in May of 2020. COVID will end when it's no longer useful. Then it will just disappear.
errantmind 5y ago
Covid is and has been effectively over in a lot of places. In Texas, outside of major cities, virtually no one ever wore a mask since the start, to give you an idea. Even in major cities, interest is fading. Covid doesn't come up in conversations anymore, in my circles. Around here it seems like the MSM is the only one interested in keeping it in people's attention, you know, for the clicks. Covid's perceived relevance seems more and more dependent on where you live.
- Ancapistani 5y ago
  I'm in the Ozarks, on the border of Arkansas and Missouri Outside of large public gatherings, where there are always a handful of people wearing masks, I've not seen anyone wearing a mask in public here since mid-2020. COVID restrictions are only a "thing" for most people here when we need to physically interact with the rest of the country/world. I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to attend PyCon this year (and if it's worth it to me), and had absolutely no reference as to what "proof of full vaccination" means to them. I've never even seen a vaccine card in person. My doctor (GP) doesn't offer COVID vaccination at all, and the first couple of places I called didn't seem to know what documentation was provided. I had to call a chain pharmacy to find anyone that seemed confident that they knew what I was talking about. Similarly, I've recently started seeing posts online about not being able to find rapid COVID tests. I already have a handful at home, but thinking there might be a shortage I checked while I was out shopping - both Walmart and Walgreens in my town are fully stocked, and there are even some gas stations that have them at the checkout. The "post-COVID world" is very different depending on the population density and prevailing political views of where you live.

gruez 5y ago

>I see more and more of these articles and I feel like we're being conditioned to accept an 180 degree turn by our governments on COVID response. Is there any reason to believe the government is behind it, rather the other way around? It also seems plausible that the lockdown is pissing people off, journalists are writing about it, and the government does a 180 due to public pressure.

kbelder 5y ago
They may go hand-in-hand. People are getting so fed up with it that it's no longer useful to try to keep them roiled up.

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TigeriusKirk 5y ago

On a national level, the Democrats need a return to normality by late summer at worst. The midterms are going to be brutal no matter what, and if everything is still disrupted the incumbents will be punished. Doesn't matter if it's fair, it's what will happen.

throwawayboise 5y ago

This was my prediction in May of 2020. COVID will end when it's no longer useful. Then it will just disappear.

errantmind 5y ago

Covid is and has been effectively over in a lot of places. In Texas, outside of major cities, virtually no one ever wore a mask since the start, to give you an idea. Even in major cities, interest is fading. Covid doesn't come up in conversations anymore, in my circles. Around here it seems like the MSM is the only one interested in keeping it in people's attention, you know, for the clicks. Covid's perceived relevance seems more and more dependent on where you live.

Ancapistani 5y ago
I'm in the Ozarks, on the border of Arkansas and Missouri Outside of large public gatherings, where there are always a handful of people wearing masks, I've not seen anyone wearing a mask in public here since mid-2020. COVID restrictions are only a "thing" for most people here when we need to physically interact with the rest of the country/world. I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to attend PyCon this year (and if it's worth it to me), and had absolutely no reference as to what "proof of full vaccination" means to them. I've never even seen a vaccine card in person. My doctor (GP) doesn't offer COVID vaccination at all, and the first couple of places I called didn't seem to know what documentation was provided. I had to call a chain pharmacy to find anyone that seemed confident that they knew what I was talking about. Similarly, I've recently started seeing posts online about not being able to find rapid COVID tests. I already have a handful at home, but thinking there might be a shortage I checked while I was out shopping - both Walmart and Walgreens in my town are fully stocked, and there are even some gas stations that have them at the checkout. The "post-COVID world" is very different depending on the population density and prevailing political views of where you live.