Truth. :
Insert Col. Jessup speech here.
;D
The problem with the pandemic is that the usual rules have gone out the window.
And I don't think they're coming back.
It's changed us all in ways we probably don't realise just yet.
Normally reasonable folks have become zealots...and that's on both sides of the debate.
Tolerance and understanding of the beliefs of others have morphed into black and white.
"You're either 'with us or against us', and don't bother explaining why you've taken the course of getting vaccinated or not getting vaccinated, because I'm not interested".
Conspiracy theories abound and like minded folk seek comfort and support with those who think the same way.
Opportunist politicians are falling over themselves to attract support from a range of extreme views.
The usual suspects are out in force.
State premiers are building their own little fiefdoms based on separating themselves from the rest of the country.
Elections are being won on the basis of such isolation.
It's obvious vaccinations are having a positive impact but they're not the 100% answer, and transmission seems to be spiking again in the North.
Could it lead to a new variant?
...and would a new vaccine resistant variant render vaccinations as useless as tits on a bull?
I'm not sure it is such an easy task to separate fact from fiction.
You can find whatever you want on the internet, and for most folks determining the 'good and the bad' information is not an easy task.
A lot of folks don't know their 'Mayo clinic' from their 'lettuce and mayo' sandwich.
We can only operate at best with the most recent advice.
But that's only ever the 'best advice at the time.'
And you have to think that in with the best medical advice there are decisions that are made by leaders with one eye on the politics.
For the moment the advice is get vaccinated, but still maintain all the usual safety measures.
It's possible though that a in a few months there will be anti-virals that render the vaccination a less important factor in the fight.
If we think we know 'fck everything' about this virus, the truth is we actually know 'fck all' about where it will finish up down the track.
Insert Col. Jessup speech here.
;D The problem with the pandemic is that the usual rules have gone out the window.
And I don't think they're coming back.
It's changed us all in ways we probably don't realise just yet.
Normally reasonable folks have become zealots...and that's on both sides of the debate.
Tolerance and understanding of the beliefs of others have morphed into black and white.
"You're either 'with us or against us', and don't bother explaining why you've taken the course of getting vaccinated or not getting vaccinated, because I'm not interested".
Conspiracy theories abound and like minded folk seek comfort and support with those who think the same way.
Opportunist politicians are falling over themselves to attract support from a range of extreme views.
The usual suspects are out in force.
State premiers are building their own little fiefdoms based on separating themselves from the rest of the country.
Elections are being won on the basis of such isolation.
It's obvious vaccinations are having a positive impact but they're not the 100% answer, and transmission seems to be spiking again in the North.
Could it lead to a new variant?
...and would a new vaccine resistant variant render vaccinations as useless as tits on a bull?
I'm not sure it is such an easy task to separate fact from fiction.
You can find whatever you want on the internet, and for most folks determining the 'good and the bad' information is not an easy task.
A lot of folks don't know their 'Mayo clinic' from their 'lettuce and mayo' sandwich.
We can only operate at best with the most recent advice.
But that's only ever the 'best advice at the time.'
And you have to think that in with the best medical advice there are decisions that are made by leaders with one eye on the politics.
For the moment the advice is get vaccinated, but still maintain all the usual safety measures.
It's possible though that a in a few months there will be anti-virals that render the vaccination a less important factor in the fight.
If we think we know 'fck everything' about this virus, the truth is we actually know 'fck all' about where it will finish up down the track.