If only the self-absorbed had set aside their scientific misgivings & worn masks for the sake of the skeptics who doubted their science from Day One FOR THE SAKE OF THE GREATER GOOD – KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON – just think of how many small businesses would still be open today. #USA https://t.co/vVUVZZNYMQ

— Danielle DiMartino Booth (@DiMartinoBooth) December 8, 2020

If everyone had worn masks from day one (when liberals were the ones saying they didn’t work and were racist) and we’d had a hard one-month lockdown, we could’ve avoided 270,000 deaths and most business would’ve been saved.

Not what happened, though, nor was it ever the likely outcome in the US with our frankly moronic notions of freedom. But it was not impossible. We just chose to not to do it and now are paying the price.

Masks work. Lockdowns work. But only if nearly all people use masks and follow the lockdown strictures, and do both when there’s no crisis already. We screwed it all up and now it’s too late. Such is life with dumbasses.

I’m interested in companies who make their products deliberately worse, like Mozilla with Firefox, even when warned of the likely result very clearly.

What’s the reason for this and why is it so hard to divert from an obviously bad path? Well, if a person can die of ideology a company certainly can do so as well. I think that’s the simplest explanation: the leaders and many of the developers of the company had an ideology, it did not comport with the actual world, and corporate death will be the result.

Further examination is interesting but that’s the core problem.

With social change the process seems to be:

#1. Unhinged fury
#2. Acceptance
#3. Everyone forgets it was ever any different

— Angie Schmitt🚶‍♀️ (@schmangee) December 7, 2020

Finally, someone else has noticed something I’ve observed often and that many others just deny, deny, deny.

This transition happens frequently and it’s always mysterious how quickly people forget and then reject the idea that anything was ever any different.

The Elderly vs. Essential Workers: Who Should Get the Coronavirus Vaccine First?

Neither. Those in the the 18-29 age group are the most likely to contract Covid-19 and thus most likely to spread it. They express fewer symptoms (making them more likely to ignore it and go out/party) and have far more social contact. Therefore, they are generally the super-spreaders and should be vaccinated first and most aggressively.

This age group also has fairly heavy overlap with essential workers demographically. Vaccinate them, and you stop many spreading events. Then concentrate on the most vulnerable.