The Pandemic Endgame -- Is There One?
Jan 27, 2022 6:18:32 GMT -5
Post by Midnight on Jan 27, 2022 6:18:32 GMT -5
January 27, 2022
The Pandemic Endgame -- Is There One?
By Blaine L. Pardoe
As we all slog into year three of this pandemic and the debates about mandates, masks, and a staggered economy, it feels as if we have lost sight of something important; namely, how does this end? At what point do we all just take a step back and return to some sense of normalcy, i.e., a pre-pandemic state? It’s like a bad TV series that is going on one season too long… you just want it to end.
Early on, back in those bygone days when the media taught us all how to wash our hands, there was talk that we would be able to return to our normal lives. If we had a certain percentage of people vaccinated, or if the infection rates dropped to a certain level, this might be over.
Now those conversations are gone. Also gone is the concept of being done with all this. What we get instead is municipalities demanding that you show proof of your vaccine status to enter businesses, and mask mandates that have no end in sight. There is no longer talk of normalcy at all. There’s talk of a ‘new normal’ which is ill defined but seems to be a state where mask wearing continues indefinitely, as does a never ending array of booster shots. Amazingly people are willing to go along with all this. I don’t know about you, but I didn’t sign up for a new normal. I just want my life back the way it was.
We all understand that new variants emerge, but they do that with the flu every year, and we don’t shut down for that. The major difference is the conditioning of the population. Many people are paralyzed with fear of COVID, despite a high survivability rate. People have been told to remain afraid indefinitely and they are willingly incorporating that fear into their daily lives. I think many of them love it. It makes them victims, and in the woke sectors of our society, victims are heroes.
The contradictions are maddening. While college students are required to wear masks on campus, when they attend football games, 100,000 can pack a stadium without a mask in sight. The inconsistencies of this mayhem only add to our collective frustrations.
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The Pandemic Endgame -- Is There One?
By Blaine L. Pardoe
As we all slog into year three of this pandemic and the debates about mandates, masks, and a staggered economy, it feels as if we have lost sight of something important; namely, how does this end? At what point do we all just take a step back and return to some sense of normalcy, i.e., a pre-pandemic state? It’s like a bad TV series that is going on one season too long… you just want it to end.
Early on, back in those bygone days when the media taught us all how to wash our hands, there was talk that we would be able to return to our normal lives. If we had a certain percentage of people vaccinated, or if the infection rates dropped to a certain level, this might be over.
Now those conversations are gone. Also gone is the concept of being done with all this. What we get instead is municipalities demanding that you show proof of your vaccine status to enter businesses, and mask mandates that have no end in sight. There is no longer talk of normalcy at all. There’s talk of a ‘new normal’ which is ill defined but seems to be a state where mask wearing continues indefinitely, as does a never ending array of booster shots. Amazingly people are willing to go along with all this. I don’t know about you, but I didn’t sign up for a new normal. I just want my life back the way it was.
We all understand that new variants emerge, but they do that with the flu every year, and we don’t shut down for that. The major difference is the conditioning of the population. Many people are paralyzed with fear of COVID, despite a high survivability rate. People have been told to remain afraid indefinitely and they are willingly incorporating that fear into their daily lives. I think many of them love it. It makes them victims, and in the woke sectors of our society, victims are heroes.
The contradictions are maddening. While college students are required to wear masks on campus, when they attend football games, 100,000 can pack a stadium without a mask in sight. The inconsistencies of this mayhem only add to our collective frustrations.
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