Can we talk Covid? What we did right and wrong

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:One thing to consider is that when a preventative measure does its job, it seems like it’s unnecessary. Remember that the reason to stay home wasn’t just to prevent deaths, it was to “flatten the curve.”

some businesses thrived. The richest became richer. The businesses that didn’t were owned mostly by small business owners and the government could have done more to help them.

With schools, I do think they were closed for too long, but the big problem is that we ignore learning loss. The kids and teachers are expected to start back up as though the pandemic didn’t happen which is patently ridiculous. There also just aren’t enough psychological supports in place for kids.

So in my mind it’s less an issue of draconian measures (schools excepted) as it is a failure to support the impacts of closures.



Agree with this. We can sort of compare the Chinese/Asian response to covid, the European response to covid, and ours. And while the US response varied by location, and the DMV was one of the more conservative areas of the country, our response was overall much more lenient than other areas of the world.

OP sounds a bit out of touch, tbh.


I am an American, I don’t live in other countries. This is about the draconian response in America not other countries.

You are quite out of touch!
Anonymous
I don’t understand why it took so long to determine whether it was an airborne virus or not! That shouid have been communicated in the first couple of months. I also don’t understand why the CDC equivocated on the effectiveness of masks. That shouid have been studied and known well before CoVid happened and, IMO, was a huge public health failure.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Getting the info out there as a legit health concern was good. Recommended masking was good. Getting vaccines was good. Closing schools/daycares and stores/businesses was not good.


Masking without N-95 masks had zero impact. We never should have masked!


Disagree.

My family went nearly 2 years without so much as a sniffle despite our use of subpar masks. And we still haven’t had covid.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Getting the info out there as a legit health concern was good. Recommended masking was good. Getting vaccines was good. Closing schools/daycares and stores/businesses was not good.


Masking without N-95 masks had zero impact. We never should have masked!


Disagree.

My family went nearly 2 years without so much as a sniffle despite our use of subpar masks. And we still haven’t had covid.


Correlation does not equal causation.
Not one tiny bit.
Anonymous
The Amish did absolutely nothing and had no worse effects than the unscientific CDC recommended drones.

The only thing that should have been done was to protect people with serious pre existing conditions.
Anonymous
Many died ... masking helps.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:The Amish did absolutely nothing and had no worse effects than the unscientific CDC recommended drones.

The only thing that should have been done was to protect people with serious pre existing conditions.


They aren't comparable as they self isolate.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Getting the info out there as a legit health concern was good. Recommended masking was good. Getting vaccines was good. Closing schools/daycares and stores/businesses was not good.


Masking without N-95 masks had zero impact. We never should have masked!


Disagree.

My family went nearly 2 years without so much as a sniffle despite our use of subpar masks. And we still haven’t had covid.


You are lucky and naturally immune. Many of us aren't so lucky.
Anonymous
I'm convinced masks do very little, even kn95s.

I used to rarely get sick - maybe a cold once every 3-5 years, despite using the gym regularly, never using hand sanitizer, touching all the crosswalk signals (then eating a snack from bag).

I started working in an elementary school in Fall 2021. Spring 2022 and Fall 2022 have been nearly nonstop sickness for me, despite wearing a kn95 all day except outside. Or maybe the germy children are just no match.

I still have never tested positive for covid, but have had plenty of other bugs and viruses in the past year!
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Hindsight is always 20/20.


+1
I hate to admit it, but I do think republicans were right - that we democrats got a little crazy. In the end, most everyone got COVID and, once vaccinated, most people were fine. Before vaccinations, it was important to mask up and social distance but really it didn’t need to go on as long as it did.

Also, it was a grave mistake to close schools.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hindsight is always 20/20.


+1
I hate to admit it, but I do think republicans were right - that we democrats got a little crazy. In the end, most everyone got COVID and, once vaccinated, most people were fine. Before vaccinations, it was important to mask up and social distance but really it didn’t need to go on as long as it did.

Also, it was a grave mistake to close schools.


Do you realize how many people died? Are you just in denial? Schools being virtual were not closed.
Anonymous
More than one million people died in the US, more than 6 million worldwide, and you selfish twats think we didn’t do enough. Narcissism will be humanity’s downfall.
Anonymous
One thing I hated was business owners were targeted for being awful evil people for trying to keep their restaurants open. That was a low point in humanity. Or how churches were targeted for staying open. I’m not religious and I’m a Democrat, but people got too fanatic. It became “virtuous” to hate people who wanted to gather - a basic human function!
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:One thing I hated was business owners were targeted for being awful evil people for trying to keep their restaurants open. That was a low point in humanity. Or how churches were targeted for staying open. I’m not religious and I’m a Democrat, but people got too fanatic. It became “virtuous” to hate people who wanted to gather - a basic human function!


The Amish made fools of everybody. They changed nothing and had zero difference than the hysterical populace .
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hindsight is always 20/20.


+1
I hate to admit it, but I do think republicans were right - that we democrats got a little crazy. In the end, most everyone got COVID and, once vaccinated, most people were fine. Before vaccinations, it was important to mask up and social distance but really it didn’t need to go on as long as it did.

Also, it was a grave mistake to close schools.


Do you realize how many people died? Are you just in denial? Schools being virtual were not closed.


Well they were mostly unvaccinated, elderly or severely immune compromised. I don’t say that to dismiss those deaths—each of those people are cherished and missed—but I say it to point out that after vaccinations were available, we should have gone back to business. And we didn’t.
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