So many people died needlessly in the US. We should never return to "business as usual" - our government needs a reboot.
MKKare @MKKare
10 May 2020
Imperial College, London has models suggesting 90% of US COVID-19 deaths would have been prevented if US had gone into lockdown Mar 2. This hit me like a gut punch. If I were a COVID-19 widow I would be plotting revenge right now. God, all those people.
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My current fear is that the US death toll will have to reach a terrifying number before we reach the societal “tipping point” where our country en masse is willing to take the hard steps to really combat this pandemic.
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I worry people are far too dependent on news cycles and this is now "old news". I don't think anything will change until the figures are "shockingly bad" and I'm worried about how high that upper limit actually is. There's a lot of tolerance for other people dying.
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Replying to @BryanTheSnail @b_free2 @MalwareJake
How’s this for a terrifying upper limit: “70% of the population has a close friend or family member who has died from COVID-19.”

May 10, 2020 · 9:41 PM UTC

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Replying to @hal_pomeranz @b_free2 @MalwareJake
It's way beyond my limit. It remains to be seen what the USA as a whole think is tolerable.
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We’re already past my limit. But how much horror is required to pierce the misinformation vortex that’s swirling around?