Several European countries are lifting ALL restrictions and declaring the public health emergency over. These include Denmark and Sweden. A big difference between those countries and the U.S. is vaccination and booster rates – we’re talking between 10% and 45% differential, depending on sub-group, with the most vulnerable in the U.S. much less vaccinated and boosted.
By accepting/embracing the likes of Joe Rogan and others, the nation is widening the gap between itself and its peers, and, paradoxically, will be under the grip of the virus much longer than other nations that don’t have Joe Rogans and Aaron Rodgers filling the airwaves with misinformation.
I would never have thought we could fail so horrifically. I should have. For years I’ve watched us ignore the best practices of other countries in several areas having nothing to do with covid
So, the contract saga continues. The “onboarding” person had the chutzpah to respond to my diplomatically written email by saying “you have 7 items outstanding and will need to comply …” It’s potentially a lucrative contract (and I could do with the money), but I refuse to go along with this nonsense. What corporations in America demand of people is really outrageous, intrusive, and often mind-bogglingly immaterial and irrelevant.
The Dutch relaxed most of their lockdown measures a few weeks ago. Prior to lifting the measures, hospitalizations had fallen quit a bit (halved). Since then, hospitalizations and ICU usage have been creeping back up. This is not to say they should reinstitute lockdown, as it is a heavy toll on businesses. But, it’s proof that lockdowns work to a degree. And, by doing a lockdown they did buy time to boost the heck out of the population. This has reduced deaths to very manageable levels – often in the single digits on a daily basis, which is very good for a country with the population of 17 million.
Did they lift mask mandates as well?
No. Not yet.
The Dutch government just released a report saying that this year the police have issued 6,000 fines (75 euro’s each – about $85) for people not complying with mask wearing on public transport and in certain indoor venues.
I haven’t heard of any financial penalties being imposed here in the U.S. Really, none of our mitigation measures had any bite: From distancing to crowd limits to masks.
UK PM Johnson may be finished, because of the parties during Covid.
Theresa May’s pointed question in parliament was one of several daggers. Theresa May is a principled person. Not a successful prime minister. But that wasn’t entirely her fault.
I am VERY glad to see that accountability means something in a democracy. Would like to see a little bit more of that here, especially during the last year or so of Trump’s reign when there were so many instances in which he should have been forced to resign. Our system does not hold leaders accountable, except at the ballot box. But, that’s insufficient, in my humble opinion.
I’m seeing public health folks and scientists once again declare that the U.S. will somehow be immune to a sub-variant. In this case the sub-variant is BA.2. I find this rather incredible after 2 years of seeing how anything that hits Europe hits us 2 to 4 weeks later. It’s hit Denmark, France, the UK, the Netherlands, and other European countries, it will hit here, too. Clearly not as hard as BA.1 (first Omicron variant), but we’re not going to avoid it. We’re not exceptional people, we Americans, at least not from a biological perspective. I just read a Dutch article that says definitively that BA.2 will become the dominant sub-variant within a few weeks. It is THE driver of the current increase in cases there.
C-19 for 2-4 is ready.
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Several European countries are lifting ALL restrictions and declaring the public health emergency over. These include Denmark and Sweden. A big difference between those countries and the U.S. is vaccination and booster rates – we’re talking between 10% and 45% differential, depending on sub-group, with the most vulnerable in the U.S. much less vaccinated and boosted.
And so our appalling death toll continues: https://twitter.com/CMichaelGibson/status/1489275017334558728
By accepting/embracing the likes of Joe Rogan and others, the nation is widening the gap between itself and its peers, and, paradoxically, will be under the grip of the virus much longer than other nations that don’t have Joe Rogans and Aaron Rodgers filling the airwaves with misinformation.
I would never have thought we could fail so horrifically. I should have. For years I’ve watched us ignore the best practices of other countries in several areas having nothing to do with covid
We are so damned superior.
Interesting on under five vaccine
https://insidemedicine.bulletin.com/i-m-a-physician-and-a-parent-i-won-t-vaccinate-my-3-year-old-until-the-data-are-solid
Another curious read. I wonder what the correlation is between kids not being in person in school and pediatric deaths dropping
https://insidemedicine.bulletin.com/pediatric-deaths-in-new-york-and-new-jersey-plummeted-during-the-first-year-of-covid-19-leading-the-nation
That is interesting.
So, the contract saga continues. The “onboarding” person had the chutzpah to respond to my diplomatically written email by saying “you have 7 items outstanding and will need to comply …” It’s potentially a lucrative contract (and I could do with the money), but I refuse to go along with this nonsense. What corporations in America demand of people is really outrageous, intrusive, and often mind-bogglingly immaterial and irrelevant.
The Dutch relaxed most of their lockdown measures a few weeks ago. Prior to lifting the measures, hospitalizations had fallen quit a bit (halved). Since then, hospitalizations and ICU usage have been creeping back up. This is not to say they should reinstitute lockdown, as it is a heavy toll on businesses. But, it’s proof that lockdowns work to a degree. And, by doing a lockdown they did buy time to boost the heck out of the population. This has reduced deaths to very manageable levels – often in the single digits on a daily basis, which is very good for a country with the population of 17 million.
Did they lift mask mandates as well?
No. Not yet.
The Dutch government just released a report saying that this year the police have issued 6,000 fines (75 euro’s each – about $85) for people not complying with mask wearing on public transport and in certain indoor venues.
I haven’t heard of any financial penalties being imposed here in the U.S. Really, none of our mitigation measures had any bite: From distancing to crowd limits to masks.
UK PM Johnson may be finished, because of the parties during Covid.
Theresa May’s pointed question in parliament was one of several daggers. Theresa May is a principled person. Not a successful prime minister. But that wasn’t entirely her fault.
Here, she asks PM Johnson as a Tory MP THE pertinent question regarding his lack of rule following. It’s worth viewing. It’s brief. https://twitter.com/sturdyAlex/status/1488178596044750851
Today 4 people resigned from Johnson’s cabinet. Surely, there will have to be a new election if Johnson hands over the reins to a new PM. https://twitter.com/i/events/1489335227298107392
I am VERY glad to see that accountability means something in a democracy. Would like to see a little bit more of that here, especially during the last year or so of Trump’s reign when there were so many instances in which he should have been forced to resign. Our system does not hold leaders accountable, except at the ballot box. But, that’s insufficient, in my humble opinion.
I’m seeing public health folks and scientists once again declare that the U.S. will somehow be immune to a sub-variant. In this case the sub-variant is BA.2. I find this rather incredible after 2 years of seeing how anything that hits Europe hits us 2 to 4 weeks later. It’s hit Denmark, France, the UK, the Netherlands, and other European countries, it will hit here, too. Clearly not as hard as BA.1 (first Omicron variant), but we’re not going to avoid it. We’re not exceptional people, we Americans, at least not from a biological perspective. I just read a Dutch article that says definitively that BA.2 will become the dominant sub-variant within a few weeks. It is THE driver of the current increase in cases there.
C-19 for 2-4 is ready.