Post ALDV2H4kriadMfsRZw by jayeless@todon.nl
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 (DIR) Post #ALD715o2sjwpDuxtYW by jayeless@todon.nl
       2022-07-06T01:18:03Z
       
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       The Omicron subvariants are more infectious than ever, and actually weaken your immune system (on top of doing other damage to your body) so each infection will be more severe than the last.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/07/04/Get-Ready-Forever-Plague/
       
 (DIR) Post #ALD7E2z8gKwyErKapc by BrothorCraig@poa.st
       2022-07-06T09:29:07.022740Z
       
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       @jayeless Allegedly. This is likely propaganda to drum up last minute support for vaxxfag shit
       
 (DIR) Post #ALDV2EaC8MxLdJZ0fQ by Sandra@idiomdrottning.org
       2022-07-06T04:41:41.301830Z
       
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       What's your recommendation, @jayeless?
       
 (DIR) Post #ALDV2F2YQvdp3Gpes4 by jayeless@todon.nl
       2022-07-06T05:02:00Z
       
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       @Sandra Well, I'm far from a public health expert, but I can offer the impression I get. I think the real best solution (eliminating the virus) is not really viable any more, thanks largely to Western governments. So for now, measures like vastly improved air filtration in indoor environments, holding events outside where possible, a return to mask mandates and certainly WFH where possible, all have a part to play. I also think governments and health authorities need to stop being in denial about Long Covid, so we can actually have health services and secure welfare available to people with that condition (if at the same time we could improve services for people with other medical conditions too that'd be grand). There also needs to be considerable funding for medical research into better treatments, and better vaccines. I don't think any of the suggestions I'm making here are particularly ambitious, even, it's just that the political, business & much of the media classes seem so desperate to convince the rest of us that "the pandemic is over"… 😔
       
 (DIR) Post #ALDV2Ffu4d7J1JF5Ci by alcinnz@floss.social
       2022-07-06T05:09:21Z
       
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       @jayeless @Sandra Sigh... I'm quite disappointed in my own government.We were doing so well, than they just gave up! Almost as if someone told them off for hurting the economy...
       
 (DIR) Post #ALDV2G3eeK7ECyM3E0 by jayeless@todon.nl
       2022-07-06T05:20:45Z
       
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       @alcinnz @Sandra Yes, same here, almost like Aus and NZ were working together to make the same mistake 😔 It feels really dissonant how fast we swung from lockdowns to "no rules, anything goes"
       
 (DIR) Post #ALDV2GgIKf1Y8oQuS8 by Sandra@idiomdrottning.org
       2022-07-06T05:42:31.411376Z
       
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       @jayeless @alcinnz My read is that they both interpreted the hypercontagionness of omicron as inescapeable/unmitigatable, and the lethality of it as lower (while underestimating, or considering, other long term effects), and decided to go from pandemic mode to endemic mode, just as how flu season never really went away once that virus spread and got a foothold.Don't shoot the messenger on that, that's just me tryna guess what the heck they were thinking. 💔
       
 (DIR) Post #ALDV2H4kriadMfsRZw by jayeless@todon.nl
       2022-07-06T05:52:44Z
       
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       @Sandra @alcinnz That might well be part of it, although I think there was also a sense of inevitability even before Omicron. I think another part was governments (at least in Australia, but quite possibly also in NZ) putting ALL their faith in the vaccine rollout, and not recognising that there are bad implications if you're infected even as a vaccinated person. So when we hit the magic milestone of 80% vaccinated, that was the end of the story. Impatience to get back to a "normal" economy contributed too, I think.
       
 (DIR) Post #ALDV2HTDOm9iaXJyhk by pdotb@todon.eu
       2022-07-06T12:54:55Z
       
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       @jayeless I wonder if it's also partly an electoral calculation. Here in so-called Ontario, Ford had been surprisingly cautious all the way up to February, and then just threw his hands up and said we have to live with it. There's an argument that his government were seeing bad polling numbers, and that people were blaming the government for all the restrictions. Given he knew there would be an election in the summer, anything that contributed to his unpopularity had to go and so, here we are! I don't know how much that could apply to other provinces/countries, but it seems plausible here.@Sandra @alcinnz
       
 (DIR) Post #ALDV2Hvvg17m1akuSe by mpjgregoire@mamot.fr
       2022-07-06T13:55:50Z
       
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       @pdotb @Sandra @alcinnz Given that #covid19 infects even wild animals, it was inevitable that it would become endemic after it spread globally, alas.The article from #TheTyee makes many good points, but OTOH, hospitalisation rates aren't too bad at the moment, https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=2020-03-01..latest&facet=none&pickerSort=asc&pickerMetric=location&Metric=Hospital+patients&Interval=7-day+rolling+average&Relative+to+Population=true&Color+by+test+positivity=false&country=USA~GBR~CAN~DEU~ITA~INDI strongly agree with @jayeless 's suggestions about improving ventilation and having more activities outdoors.  Also, as the article mentions, increase paid sick leave.