Obama & Trump inherited this clusterfuck & kicked the can down the road. We knew at some point we were going to have to rip the bandaid off but no one wanted to take the heat. Not a fan of Biden but he's going to take the brunt of this when there are so many people that should held accountable for probably the biggest blunder in U.S. history. I still contend that the Bush/Cheney admin was the worst in modern American history & we will continue to pay for their mistakes for the foreseeable future.
It's weird how saying it came from a lab leak got ppl labeled a variety of things (including racist) when saying it came from eating bats from a wet market seems far more culturally insensitive.
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/wet-market-coronavirus-racist_ca_5ebad4bec5b6dd02e421a876
"Eddie Murphy: Delirious begins with the exhortation “Faggots are not allowed to look at my ass while I am onstage.” This gets an applause break. It is a joke in and of itself. What follows are four minutes of exhaustive detail about everything that is gross about gay men. He declares that he has nightmares about gay people; he does impressions of popular celebrities, imagining how ridiculous it would be if they were gay. He expresses concern that his girlfriend will “carry AIDS home with her” after a tennis date with a gay man."
When physicians have to self-censor their medical opinion out of fear of backlash that is pushback. Not long ago if you had the medical opinion the virus was created in lab your reputation & career could possibly be on the line.
Seems like there was an incentive against therapeutics to obtain emergency authorization for a vaccine. I get it. We need everyone vaccinated. But to pretend like there isn't pushback against therapeutics is being obtuse. Once again, it's a decision between a physician & patient. I know a pulmonogist & professor who said she's used ivermectin & it works on the margins. Not a miracle cure. Seems to work for some people & in certain situations. In classic American fashion therapeutics are now a binary political position. This country sucks.
One of the best things for the working class and working Americans would be to untie healthcare with employment, unfortunately BOTH parties are against this. I miss this version of AOC:
If someone came out with a bulletproof study that said masks were of little use would it make the light of day? Would the author(s) be labeled right wing & have their careers put in jeopardy for putting out this hypothetical study?