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Well, here it is folks. We all know what happens when the USA is tasked with controling an outbreak. It was nice seeing you in person for the last 18 months. I will now prepare for another lock down.
Can you imagine? If the USA ends up with another deadly epidemic with rampant community spread?
I really can't imagine people tolerating another lockdown, especially given that most people now think that the last set of lockdowns didn't achieve much of anything in the end. I expect that we're just going to let the next pandemic rip and take no measures at all.
As bad as the U.S. covid response ended up being long-term, and even as a general doomer, I do think if this ends up a serious threat of breaching containment that they won't just sit back and let it happen.
A 1-in-2 fatality rate perks up ears far faster than 1-in-100, even the most deluded of capitalists would know how devastating that would be for profits.
I'm expecting that even with 1-in-2 fatality rate we'll see an initial spike where nobody believes it, before the reality starts to set in.