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>Ashish Jha ... has demonstrably contributed to the deaths of many many people without resolving the pandemic Considering he was one of the early voices callin

>Ashish Jha ... has demonstrably contributed to the deaths of many many people without resolving the pandemic Considering he was one of the early voices calling for the lockdown, which probably did save millions of lives (remember, flattening the curve helped prevent our medical system from being even more overwhelmed than it was), and the pandemic is functionally down to the same threat level as seasonal viruses, this is a pretty bad take.

tehjoker 3y ago
> pandemic is functionally down to the same threat level as seasonal viruses This is propaganda produced by the white house including Jha. The fatality rate when vaccinated is the same as the flu unvaccinated, assuming reasonable vaccine match (people aren't updating their vaccinations, so that will drift) or constant infections (long COVID). This view also omits the wild transmissibility of COVID vs flu, making is much worse even with the same IFR. Severity * number of people infected = impact. COVID reinfections can happen multiple times a year and have little relation to seasonality. Worse than flu. Most people expected to catch the flu once every few years (maybe once a decade). People are getting COVID at increasingly rapid rates. New data from Japan said reinfections are possible within 3 months. https://twitter.com/fitterhappierAJ/status/1672349756436127744 https://twitter.com/fitterhappierAJ/status/16723497564361277... This view also omits long COVID which the WHO said may affect 1 in 10 infections and could lead to hundreds of millions requiring long term care. https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1651227079684358151 https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1651227079684358151 Yes people are tired of the pandemic, but the messaging you have been given is designed to protect the economy. Obviously. Other people, rich people, making money off your deliberately constructed ignorance of the basic facts of our situation are making stacks. Jha helped do this and that's why he is celebrated by elites.

tehjoker 3y ago

> pandemic is functionally down to the same threat level as seasonal viruses This is propaganda produced by the white house including Jha. The fatality rate when vaccinated is the same as the flu unvaccinated, assuming reasonable vaccine match (people aren't updating their vaccinations, so that will drift) or constant infections (long COVID). This view also omits the wild transmissibility of COVID vs flu, making is much worse even with the same IFR. Severity * number of people infected = impact. COVID reinfections can happen multiple times a year and have little relation to seasonality. Worse than flu. Most people expected to catch the flu once every few years (maybe once a decade). People are getting COVID at increasingly rapid rates. New data from Japan said reinfections are possible within 3 months. https://twitter.com/fitterhappierAJ/status/1672349756436127744 https://twitter.com/fitterhappierAJ/status/16723497564361277... This view also omits long COVID which the WHO said may affect 1 in 10 infections and could lead to hundreds of millions requiring long term care. https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1651227079684358151 https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1651227079684358151 Yes people are tired of the pandemic, but the messaging you have been given is designed to protect the economy. Obviously. Other people, rich people, making money off your deliberately constructed ignorance of the basic facts of our situation are making stacks. Jha helped do this and that's why he is celebrated by elites.