Everything that’s old is new again, and that’s certainly an adage playing out in regards to the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Ineffective mitigation that didn’t work for the first time? It’s all happening again because most world leaders are a mix of imbecile and power-hungry.
Today, Omicron’s first victim has been confirmed dead in the United Kingdom. That led PM Boris Johnson to suggest that we should “set aside” any notion that this new variant is less virulent…even though it’s almost certainly less virulent based on what we’ve seen.
“At most one Omicron patient died,”
Boris Johnson confirms the UK’s first Omicron Covid death, adding: ‘the idea that this is somehow a milder version of the virus, I think that’s something we need to set on one side’ https://t.co/XFvJJlmuPI pic.twitter.com/2R0zaR0vyh
— ITV News Politics (@ITVNewsPolitics) December 13, 2021
Note that we’ve known about the Omicron variant for nearly a month and to this point, few have even gotten seriously ill. The majority of cases occurred among those who were vaccinated. We are referring to one death from thousands. Was there any pre-existing condition? How old were they? What was their weight? Johnson doesn’t seem to care about the fact that they were overweight.
I just find it rather odd that the UK isn’t rushing to give details on who died. Why hide the person’s risk factors? It is a good idea to share the person’s vaccination history. Is it possible that they died from COVID, or were they ill? We could speculate why that information is being withheld, but it’d be easier if these world governments were just honest about it.
California’s indoor mask law is being reintroduced for one variant of the product that has not yet killed anyone (and this person might have suffered from comorbidities).
BREAKING: California is implementing an indoor mask mandate that will be enforced throughout the state from Dec. 15 to January 15. @Cal_HHSAccording to Covid, cases of Covid have increased 47% over the Thanksgiving holiday.
— Lara Korte 🎄 (@lara_korte) December 13, 2021
This isn’t about science. It’s about control and politicians covering their own backsides. “I did something!” they cry while refusing to acknowledge that what they did is asinine and had little to no effect. Florida has the nation’s lowest COVID-19 rate and banned mask mandates more than a year ago.
Why? It is seasonal, and can move to different areas of the country at different times of the year. It is not possible to control it using cheap masks. Yet, governments just keep doubling down on failure because they see it as more advantageous to “do something” than to do what actually works, which in some cases may be letting people just live their lives.
Omicron seems mild from the current data, which also includes a lack of deaths and hospitalizations. Until and unless we have solid data suggesting it isn’t, governments have no justification to reimpose draconian measures. As I stated early on, someone dying from Omicron was inevitable, but that doesn’t mean anything if all context is thrown out the window. Leaders like Johnson, Joe Biden, and Gavin Newsom don’t care, though. They will choose to set fire to personal liberty every single time if it means they don’t have to be held responsible for their terrible policy decisions. That’s not leadership, it’s cowardice.
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