Keep in mind:

The pandemic didn’t use erroneous data to model an inflated estimate of mortality.

The pandemic didn’t write hyperbolic headlines.

The pandemic didn’t create overly-inclusive reporting requirements.

The pandemic didn’t design a test unfit for purpose...

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The pandemic didn’t quarantine the healthy.

The pandemic didn’t initiate lockdowns.

The pandemic didn’t decimate small businesses.

The pandemic didn’t close schools, some going on a full year.

The pandemic didn’t reduce the healthcare workforce...

2/5

The pandemic didn’t ignore basic tenets of public health.

The pandemic didn’t exploit itself for political leverage.

The pandemic didn’t create a lucrative products/industries dependent upon its continuation.

The pandemic didn’t siphon resources from other deadly threats

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The pandemic didn’t use fear to control people’s behavior.

The pandemic didn’t threaten people with social, financial, and professional ostratcization for pointing out the harms caused by any of the above.

People did those things.

They were not inevitable...

4/5

As we sort through the outcomes of the last year, it’s critical that we trace each impact back to its source.

Pretending like all of this destruction was inevitable does nothing to help us fix the damage now, & will do nothing to help us make better decisions in the future.

5/5