[HN Gopher] A national strategy for the "new normal" of life wit...
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       A national strategy for the "new normal" of life with Covid
        
       Author : nradov
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2022-01-07 21:51 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | somewhereoutth wrote:
       | Summary: It would be far too much trouble to actually do anything
       | about Covid, so we are giving up (and pretending it is just the
       | flu).
        
       | HarryHirsch wrote:
       | _To cope with pandemic, and eventually, endemic SARS-CoV-2 and to
       | respond to future public health threats requires deploying real-
       | time information systems, a public health implementation
       | workforce, flexible health systems, trust in government and
       | public health institutions, and belief in the value of collective
       | action for public good._
       | 
       | I agree with all that. Now - can we have paid sick leave and
       | workers rights, so that someone who is COVID-positive can stay
       | home and cure their infection instead of having themselves drag
       | back to work after five days.
       | 
       | The paper suggests data infrastructure. How about quarantine
       | infrastructure? How about lower housing prices and better
       | salaries so that only one parent has to work and schools don't
       | have to be in session at a time of high COVID incidence?
       | 
       | We can't even have access to proper testing - everyone remembers
       | Jen Psaki pulling a smirk when a reporter asked why the
       | government can't send tests to every citizen. Now we are promised
       | a website where you can order two tests per adult. And real soon
       | you can even get reimbursed for tests that you bought yourself,
       | if you could get any.
       | 
       | Sorry, trust in government is lost. Maybe it can be rebuilt, but
       | it'll take two generations, by which time everyone who is
       | susceptible to COVID has died of it and humanity has evolved to
       | coexist with the virus.
       | 
       | We are screwed.
        
         | whoomp12342 wrote:
         | what about someone whose kids are sick with covid? make sure
         | that is included.
        
       | whoomp12342 wrote:
       | sigh, here we go again with extra loss to civil liberty
        
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