12-05-2020, 02:25 PM
There was a good segment on the Economist Intelligence podcast yesterday:
https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-intell...a-79904726
It's based on this article:
https://www.economist.com/united-states/...show-notes
One of the doctors who was interviewed at around the 8 minute mark. He says something along the lines that "The thing that's been harder is, as this has gone on... the sense that we're not really in this together as a community, as a state, as a nation. You know, we're watching people get sick, we're watching people die, we're watching our colleagues really extend themselves to prevent the system from completely breaking... and then to see scenes of full airports, full bars... to see people talking about their individual liberties with regards to a mask, that has been; that's been tough".
I think it's possible to get through the day and see a lot of people affected by the mitigation measures and not see people directly affected by the virus. I've known a couple people who have gotten COVID-19, but I haven't seen it run roughshod through my community. So it might be tempting to think that the response is disproportionate to the danger. But I know the people who are fighting the disease every day in the ICU, and for them it is all-consuming. So, while I definitely sympathize with the people who are sick and tired of the sacrifices and the isolation and the economic hits that dealing with the pandemic has imposed on us, it is also why I keep imploring people to try to bear it another few months. The pandemic will end, and it will probably end faster than we expect, so any life we can save, any hospitalization we can avert, any debilitating sequelae from long COVID that we can prevent by doing our part won't just be an instance of delaying the inevitable, but rather a bridge to when we can all be protected through vaccination.
And when this is all over, I have a crap ton of vacation days that I have accumulated this year that I can spend, and I am going to take advantage of them!
BC
https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-intell...a-79904726
It's based on this article:
https://www.economist.com/united-states/...show-notes
One of the doctors who was interviewed at around the 8 minute mark. He says something along the lines that "The thing that's been harder is, as this has gone on... the sense that we're not really in this together as a community, as a state, as a nation. You know, we're watching people get sick, we're watching people die, we're watching our colleagues really extend themselves to prevent the system from completely breaking... and then to see scenes of full airports, full bars... to see people talking about their individual liberties with regards to a mask, that has been; that's been tough".
I think it's possible to get through the day and see a lot of people affected by the mitigation measures and not see people directly affected by the virus. I've known a couple people who have gotten COVID-19, but I haven't seen it run roughshod through my community. So it might be tempting to think that the response is disproportionate to the danger. But I know the people who are fighting the disease every day in the ICU, and for them it is all-consuming. So, while I definitely sympathize with the people who are sick and tired of the sacrifices and the isolation and the economic hits that dealing with the pandemic has imposed on us, it is also why I keep imploring people to try to bear it another few months. The pandemic will end, and it will probably end faster than we expect, so any life we can save, any hospitalization we can avert, any debilitating sequelae from long COVID that we can prevent by doing our part won't just be an instance of delaying the inevitable, but rather a bridge to when we can all be protected through vaccination.
And when this is all over, I have a crap ton of vacation days that I have accumulated this year that I can spend, and I am going to take advantage of them!
BC