{"id":52951,"date":"2020-05-02T16:40:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T21:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=52951"},"modified":"2020-05-02T16:40:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T21:40:32","slug":"backwards-into-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=52951","title":{"rendered":"Backwards into the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Backwards into the Future<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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No, I\u2019m still not over the fact that they all initially missed the virus when they should have seen it most of all. The reasons why must be evaluated in every single location, in governments, CDC equivalents and obviously the WHO. A main reason is that they were all focusing on their economy, not the virus, -at least somewhat- ironically damaging their economies in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m just afraid that you\u2019re not going to prevent the next time, the next huge and deadly miss, as long as elections are popularity contests ultimately controlled by special interests. But at the same time, we\u2019re past that first moment, which was somewhere in November or December (31st at the latest), and the next major threats loom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the Big Miss came the lockdowns, and as I said in Little Managers<\/strong><\/a>, that\u2019s the one thing all these politicians may actually be somewhat good at. They stink at initial detection and reaction time, they stink at forward vision, but they can get people to stay home for a bit, and sell them that in the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They even get praised for it. Which is understandable, since their role is to set old ladies\u2019 minds at ease, and most people, whatever age they are, have such minds, understandable but unfortunate, because 1) we\u2019re about to leave the lockdowns phase as well and 2) they\u2019re sure to screw up this one as royally as the first detection moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be good if everyone by now understood why lockdowns become inevitable after, but only after, initial detection has failed and the virus has been allowed to enter a society, if you face a highly contagious and deadly -to humans- virus that you don\u2019t know anything about, but there are plenty people today who claim the lockdowns are what does the damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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