Oh boy. I assume a lot of the Covid public health blunders at the lower level were more incompetence than maliciousness, but if this monkeypox thing blows up we’re going to see what short-sighted strategy brings. When the Covid vaxx came out we had to stop people from trying to cheat the system to skip the line (a GOOD thing , actually, both as a reflection of trust in vaccines but also a very strong psychological motivator to encourage uptake(“get it while you can!”)). I don’t think we’ll see that this time, which is a real shame.
Great post; thanks for giving a measured take on this!
Thanks for your comments— I agree we saw (likely) more incompetence than anything. I worry for the “next one” whether it’s monkeypox or something else.
In spite of having clicked the like button, I can’t exactly say that I like this post. Nonetheless, I think you are right, unfortunately.
It’s not hard to imagine that our species is ending itself.
Oh boy. I assume a lot of the Covid public health blunders at the lower level were more incompetence than maliciousness, but if this monkeypox thing blows up we’re going to see what short-sighted strategy brings. When the Covid vaxx came out we had to stop people from trying to cheat the system to skip the line (a GOOD thing , actually, both as a reflection of trust in vaccines but also a very strong psychological motivator to encourage uptake(“get it while you can!”)). I don’t think we’ll see that this time, which is a real shame.
Great post; thanks for giving a measured take on this!
Thanks for your comments— I agree we saw (likely) more incompetence than anything. I worry for the “next one” whether it’s monkeypox or something else.
Excellent read. Thanks.
Thanks, Tracy!
I’m sorry but I can’t take a guy named Feigl-Ding seriously. Don’t h8.
I think all he did was post that the WHO was meeting today. And they are.
Sorry, I’m taking the piss, as so often. I think he’s also a big Covid commentator.
Sorry — just dense after a long day! And yes he is!
And his tweets _do_ bring all the lunatics to the yard! :)
He then shifted his bio to conflict expert when Ukraine was invaded! Total grifter.
I should steal a page from his book
Oh right — I follow you on the Twitters
I just followed a flaneur on the Twitters. How many self-proclaimed flaneurs are there? So maybe I follow ya.
Thank you for the kind retweet, Katrina! (Loved your TEDx talk! That opening anecdote about the Rhine-- really funny!)