Welcome to the era of Ready, Shoot, Aim! or its sister school of thought When In Doubt, Panic!
Thoughtful deliberation these days brands one as a dinosaur. To be measured in one’s response is to be timid, labeled a denier and, most importantly, subject to legal action by the Monday Morning Quarterbacks who now all seem to practice ambulance-chasing law.
Better to be quick and be wrong, than to wait and be proven correct, even if that can take some time.
We have another variation of COVID-19, which perhaps you have read was Nu, now updated to Omicron.
Initial reactions were to overreact as if the barbarians were at the gate and the police force had been de-funded.
Investment markets cratered on the initial news of the virus variation.
Politicians are in a mad dash to one-up each other in terms of draconian measures to limit travel and the like.
Just today there were dueling stories about where we go from here, with each claiming the high road of following “the science.”
In Germany, an expert from a biotech company advised the populace “Don’t freak out,” explaining that vaccines would work against the variation. Presumably it’s the same for herd immunity acquired from having had the illness.
Also, the guy said the Omicron symptoms should be mild, even if you become infected.
But a Moderna executive said the current vaccines likely won’t work and a new cocktail of such will be needed moving forward. It no doubt is mere coincidence that this will allow drug makers such as, say, Moderna, to sell a lot more vaccines.
Weighing against the Omicron panic is word from South Africa , the variation’s alleged epicenter, that cases declined by about 400, from 2,308 on Nov. 28 to 1,909 on Nov. 29. The total had been 700 higher two days before Nov. 29.
This is not the stuff of a raging epidemic, especially if the symptoms of the infected are relatively mild.
Also arguing against panic in general is the report from an Oxford professor that face diapers (masks) seem to make little difference regarding infection rates of COVID in general. England dropped its mask mandate in July while Scotland kept its mask mandate in force.
Remember when self-proclaimed genius Fauci said if one mask it good, two, three or more are even better?
There has been “no meaningful difference” since the policy change between the infection rates in the two countries.
Mammoth investment bank Goldman Sachs, which like Moderna also has a vested interest considering how the Omicron hysteria has punished investing markets, has come down hard on the side of this being yet more over-reaction from politicians eager for any way to push their ridiculous agendas.
Which side is correct? In the final analysis, you get to make the call.
Will you buy into yet more hype and hysteria; more doom porn?
Or, will you use your brain for more than packing to limit echoes in your cranium and wait to see what the “actual science” of real-world outcomes has to say on the matter of Omicron?
The fear merchants are betting on most choosing the former course of action. Prove them wrong.
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