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The problem was this clusterfuck lasted for far too long and public guidance was and still is a complete mess. We panicked everyone instead of having a level-h
by fny 5y ago
The problem was this clusterfuck lasted for far too long and public guidance was and still is a complete mess.
We panicked everyone instead of having a level-headed policy where we stratified risk by age and health condition.
- SamoyedFurFluff 5y agoShould we also stratify by Relation to risk, and how do we enforce this ? Also how would policies stratified by age/health work? Only unhealthy or old people need to mask when they go to the store filled with unmasked, Covid-spreading young people?
- _blaise_ 5y agoThat would be fantastic. I'm triple vaxxed and have had covid twice. I frankly don't care anymore.
- fny 5y agoMasking is fine! Prolonged shutdowns aren't. Anyone who wants to go to work should have been allowed to, others are welcome to isolate. Special times could have been reserved to allow the elderly/unhealthy/fearful to go shop and take care of themselves. (Costco senior hours?) There are a lot of options.
- SamoyedFurFluff 5y agoWhen has there been a prolonged shutdown? I am in one of the heights of the Covid epidemic and we only shut down once in early 2020. Schools are still in person now at the height of omicron. What’re you talking about?
- ibejoeb 5y agoQuebec, Ontario, Australia, France, Italy, Ireland, South Africa...
- SamoyedFurFluff 5y agoAustralia wasn’t under a prolonged shutdown. They were fully unmasked and having parties over the summer. Movie companies were filming there specifically because of how Covid-free they were. Again, what are you talking about?
- chrissnell 5y agoLos Angeles, one of the largest school districts in the USA, where there was no in-person school for over a year.
- Dma54rhs 5y agoA whole year? Did one of the parent had to become stay at home parent or how can it even work for working class?
- SamoyedFurFluff 5y agoHow does remote school == prolonged shut down? Los Angeles was having outdoor dining and stuff during that time. It’s clear that schools simply were t prioritized at that time, not that the city as a whole was on lockdown.