The vaccines more or less do very little to stop the spread of the virus, but they do have a moderate impact on severity and hospitalization which alone is enough reason to continue getting vaccinated and is likely the reason that out of like 40 COVID patients I've had, only like 3 have died as a direct result. Could argue for another 3-5 getting pushed down and reaching a tipping point in their health, but compared to about 50% before vaccinations, there's a notable improvement.
The complete abandonment of precautions is a giant mess with countless factors that led to the overall shittier world we live in as a result. Americans were lied to by health officials on a regular basis throughout the pandemic and it's quite clear that the overall impact has been downplayed. With an already significant level of distrust in the American healthcare system as a result of private healthcare and a profit motive driving decisions, people were long-since primed to have massive problems with any health response. Currently, the CDC has stripped most precautions away in even healthcare settings with most of our COVID cases now coming from the hospital rather than families. When people have called the department of health regarding unsafe staffing though, they state that there's nothing to be done since we're in the middle of a pandemic and staffing is going to be stretched thin.
The problem really isn't with the lockdowns and never will be. The problem comes from a system of exploitation that needs to be fed constantly. Workers need to be precarious otherwise they'll start using their labor power and demanding more. As it stands though, the people in power have realized that they're relatively insulated from the worst of the pandemic and no longer care. Short term profits are more important than long term stability. The horrifying thing is that the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie has determined that it's acceptable for a continued pandemic to ravage the working class, the tides of global politics are shifting and they can only focus on squeezing what they can out before it's too late, hoping they'll have bunkers that will keep them safe. TL;DR the problem wasn't lockdowns, it was and always will be the bourgeoisie's insatiable greed and the endless lives they will sacrifice for it.
The vaccines more or less do very little to stop the spread of the virus, but they do have a moderate impact on severity and hospitalization which alone is enough reason to continue getting vaccinated and is likely the reason that out of like 40 COVID patients I've had, only like 3 have died as a direct result. Could argue for another 3-5 getting pushed down and reaching a tipping point in their health, but compared to about 50% before vaccinations, there's a notable improvement.
The complete abandonment of precautions is a giant mess with countless factors that led to the overall shittier world we live in as a result. Americans were lied to by health officials on a regular basis throughout the pandemic and it's quite clear that the overall impact has been downplayed. With an already significant level of distrust in the American healthcare system as a result of private healthcare and a profit motive driving decisions, people were long-since primed to have massive problems with any health response. Currently, the CDC has stripped most precautions away in even healthcare settings with most of our COVID cases now coming from the hospital rather than families. When people have called the department of health regarding unsafe staffing though, they state that there's nothing to be done since we're in the middle of a pandemic and staffing is going to be stretched thin.
The problem really isn't with the lockdowns and never will be. The problem comes from a system of exploitation that needs to be fed constantly. Workers need to be precarious otherwise they'll start using their labor power and demanding more. As it stands though, the people in power have realized that they're relatively insulated from the worst of the pandemic and no longer care. Short term profits are more important than long term stability. The horrifying thing is that the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie has determined that it's acceptable for a continued pandemic to ravage the working class, the tides of global politics are shifting and they can only focus on squeezing what they can out before it's too late, hoping they'll have bunkers that will keep them safe. TL;DR the problem wasn't lockdowns, it was and always will be the bourgeoisie's insatiable greed and the endless lives they will sacrifice for it.