After over two years since notice given of a novel coronavirus in 2019 the pandemic it has caused is worse than ever. More people have been killed this year than in 2020.
Historically pandemics are stopped by hygienic measures which continue to improve public health long after pandemic has gone.
Like we have focus on clean water as a result.
But our modern civilization is now in ideological conflict. Fighting for public health conflicts with people claiming it harms the economy.
Yeah is a bizarre situation.
Rather than focus on detecting the virus rapidly so people can avoid it, governments emphasized finding vaccines.
Sure, vaccines are great but pandemics end by hygienic measures. Ending a pandemic with a vaccine is literally a common plot in fiction. It is easy in theory but actually should go with policies to limit infections.
But with an ideology claiming that public health is too expensive governments have routinely let the virus causing the pandemic run wild while blaming individuals.
Without giving tools to know exactly where the virus is, or who has it, the public is left with few options.
I continue to try to avoid the virus by social distancing and staying home as venture out primarily for groceries. Thankfully I have that luxury.
The pandemic is worsening now with many now fatalistic about becoming infected. The ideology of refusing needed public health measures will collapse am sure. But will kill so many people first.
Governments still have to learn that public health pays for itself. Human beings are worth protecting.
