I took The tinfoil hat approach not as a homeless issue but as an improper reporting and tracking mechanism based on too many variables to correlate a reduction in the virus spread. Homelessness is a multifaceted issue for another time to be hashed out over a camp fire and libations. Improper scientific approach is absolutely the issue at hand and the elephant in this virtual room.
To disbelieve any scientifically derived metrics because you believe there are too many variables is to say you don't believe in the scientific method. Everyone is doing what they can based on the data they have available, and adapting quickly as the data changes. That's why two months ago no one was talking about mandatory shelter-in-place orders, and today it's reality. It sucks, but that's what our current data set says we can do.
It is perfectly acceptable to be skeptical of anything you read or hear. You, me, everyone, should be. That perspective is not the same as blanket disbelieving any article that postulates social distancing as an effective mitigation tactic, which appeared to me, to be, the expressed viewpoint.
I pay attention to history and watch what’s going on. You can always guarantee that when the media is putting an emphasis on one thing, there’s something else going on that your attention is definitely being pulled away from.
I mean there's always other stuff going on. Couple related things I can think of;
- securities fraud by some of our elected leaders
- growing privacy concerns, that population data mining being used to track virus spread will continue after this is over **this is a big one IMO**
- huge gaps in our ability as a country to coordinate large-scale responses to public health crises
- highlighted problems with tying healthcare to employment, when shutdown orders cause layoffs, which cause people to lose insurance
- highlighted problems with wage protection methods for laid off or furloughed employees
- there are many *essential* employees working at their jobs, with high risk to their personal health, when they're paid at or close to federal minimum wage (if they're really essential, why do we pay them so little?)
***forgot a big one***
- epa environmental protections are being rolled back or stopped entirely using the pandemic as justification - doesn't seem to be a defined resume date of these protections, which is yuge
There's a lot more, but if your point is to say we're being blinded to other problems that are going on because of pervasive COVID coverage, then you're somewhat correct in my estimation, but only if you're just listening to mainstream media. This is where I'd recommend listening to podcasts instead of just mainstream news outlets; the content is much more varied.
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carolinapublicpress.org
covid19.healthdata.org
