Was reading this post and was absolutely terrified. It's gonna be bad.
Take away is that current lock downs are basically useless against the new strain as it has mutated enough to be more transmissible thru/around mask. Vaccines are still likely to work, and its not more deadly (seems like), but just going to blow thru our preventive measures like nothing.
Reposting because the first post didn't get enough traction and I need people to commiserate with me. Pulled out the money shot image, because I know libs don't read .
They just don't care.
What you're seeing now is a return to how life was before the post-World War 2 welfare state. Rolling epidemics of disease, that killed the working class primarily due to lack of public infrastructure, were just a fact of life.
Winter comes? Welp, it's grandma's time to go, she got the Fever. Bugs are bad in the summer? Welp, some kids are gonna get malaria (which was widespread in the US until the 30s....). That's Capitalism!