Your assessment of public health certainly provides a rationale for the perpetual threat inflation surrounding Covid. Much like the so-called "missile gap" thar repeated American presidents used to justify massive funding increases for the Pentagon, so too has Covid been viewed as the new golden goose used to generate billions in long ne…
Your assessment of public health certainly provides a rationale for the perpetual threat inflation surrounding Covid. Much like the so-called "missile gap" thar repeated American presidents used to justify massive funding increases for the Pentagon, so too has Covid been viewed as the new golden goose used to generate billions in long neglected research from a traditionally underfunded area, i.e. public health) Proper testing and requests for hard evidence might not allow this state of perpetual panic to be sustained (almost by definition greater knowledge usually engenders more measured reactions/policies). Hence, the tendency to apply a different standard when evidence based science undercuts the prevailing wisdom.
Once Covid is milked as much as possible, get ready for the next generated public panic. It was tried already with Monkeypox. That didn't work, bit I'm sure some variant of bird flu, or even another lab leak could well do the trick. It's the easiest way to ensure ongoing sustenance from the government teat.
Your assessment of public health certainly provides a rationale for the perpetual threat inflation surrounding Covid. Much like the so-called "missile gap" thar repeated American presidents used to justify massive funding increases for the Pentagon, so too has Covid been viewed as the new golden goose used to generate billions in long neglected research from a traditionally underfunded area, i.e. public health) Proper testing and requests for hard evidence might not allow this state of perpetual panic to be sustained (almost by definition greater knowledge usually engenders more measured reactions/policies). Hence, the tendency to apply a different standard when evidence based science undercuts the prevailing wisdom.
Once Covid is milked as much as possible, get ready for the next generated public panic. It was tried already with Monkeypox. That didn't work, bit I'm sure some variant of bird flu, or even another lab leak could well do the trick. It's the easiest way to ensure ongoing sustenance from the government teat.