yeah well the "people are tired of them and demand the lift as well as refuse to follow" is a real interesting way to decide on public policy when both delta and omicron made absolute
out of all the "what are we gonna wear masks forever?" crowd.
ba.2 could definitely do the same and if anyone gets surprised by it happening
again that's on them
this whole thing has been an excellent example of how human beings incorrectly assess risk on a personal level, and also are willing to limp along not solving a problem indefinitely rather than pay upfront to fix it. the nominal solution to that problem is to have a governing body which can make some rules and solve the problem quickly to reduce the overall cost. but we can't do that when the "serious", "grown up" solution is to simply stop doing even the half measures.
we should be testing like CRAZY. you need to continue testing until things are over + some period after to confirm.
unfortunately, and I really cant overstate this, the people who think we should return to normalcy are the demographic who have paid the lowest price for it. the least deaths, the least cases, the highest rates of vaccination. I have no positive interpretation for this, it really looks like people just dont give a **** as long as the people who are dying dont look like them.
also want to point out how absolutely hollow the justifications have been. as has been pointed out, somehow all of these "well what about the poor kids falling behind" or "what about the people driving ubers" etc. when you respond by suggesting any solution other than go back to normal is radio silence. which is more or less proof positive those tears are just fake