Until they’re completely ignored, the pandemic commissars will keep revving up the fear machine. From el gato malo at boriquagato.substack.com:
(and i still had my thanksgiving decorations up)
as many seem to be suddenly pointing out: there is a new “mystery pneumonia” alleged to be “tearing” through china.
leaving aside questions of “why on earth would you trust china’s take on literally anything, especially epidemiology?” there has been some sort of crud going around the US lately. i had it last week. it was never serious, just sore throat, mild cough and enough congestion to truly make me wonder if snot is somehow outside rules about conservation of matter, but seems widespread and it took 6-7 days to get over. it’s all over PR, friends in NY and california have it, it’s widespread. but yeah, guess what? it’s crud season. this happens every year.
the panic industrial complex is leaping into high gear to push masks, jabs, and testing but this is all bunk.
some of it is just pedestrian anxiety
and some of it profit mongering to push needless products
