Oddbean new post about login | logout "I think many had hoped that this was it for COVID," said Dr. Brian Conway "And probably we didn't make it clear enough that COVID was never gone and none of us who work in the field had an expectation that COVID would be gone. So, it's here, it never left." The revisionism from some infectious disease specialists of their historical minimizing is infuriating #Covid #Covid19 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/covid-surge-normalizing-virus-1.6977974
adding to the former post - media constantly platforming public health and infectious disease doctors who consistently called 'final wave, or 'it's mild', or the worst, 'endemic' - need to call them out when they start screaming 'fire in the theater' now It's that constant gaslighting that has confused the public. created distrust and division, and the continuing Covid crisis #Covid #Covid19