1/ For the last year, the massive resources of the Australian government, in one form or another, have been dedicated towards trying to minimise and downplay this terrible pandemic. ... https://twitter.com/YouAreLobbyLud/status/1362630947519098880

2/ Whether it is downgrading the infection control level from airborne to droplet from January through March last year ... or trying to 'let it rip' through herd immunity until shamed by NZ's border closures in March and then the resistance of the states to kill their people ...

3/ ... or failing to upgrade protections in the face of massive HCW infections in Melbourne or, now, serial viral escapes from quarantine ... or failing to hedge our risk by placing enough options early enough on a spread of leading vaccine contenders ...

4/ ... or, now, trying to steer us towards a "controlled burn" through the population (and away from our present #CovidZero, FFS!) on the back of an inadequate vaccination program. Meanwhile, ranged against these vast, stupid forces ...

5/ ... is a small contingent of guerrillas, with no resources whatsoever. But they are dispersed and loosely allied on Twitter and elsewhere. These guerrillas are dedicated and, for the most part, they are "clean skins". They are not known agitators ...

6/ ... and they are not easily intimidated through the usual means (though God knows attempts are being made). They have a morality and they care for their fellow humans. The guerrillas have had some notable successes. ... https://youarelobbylud.medium.com/covid-19-has-exposed-the-weak-safety-culture-in-medicine-db1d76c1d240

7/ ... They have managed to capture the debate on topics such as the vaccine healthcare worker rights, #CovidZero and aerosol transmission. The guerrillas are a potent force. Smart and courageous - I'm looking at you, @rajah_mich - it is not surprising that the ...

8/... orthodoxy, dominated by a conservative, white patriarchy, so takes against them. But, like guerrillas since the beginning of time - I'm looking at you, Scythians - their dispersed nature and hit and run tactics mean they can never be entirely stamped out ...

9/ ... and they will always think of new tactics and new strategies to achieve their objective, which unlike their foes, they actually believe in. There are many of us, whether in medicine, science or other walks of life...

10/ ... who are not going to roll over and let this idiocracy of a government and healthcare bureaucracy put our lives and our way of life at risk for a nihilistic right wing ideology that puts economics before people, and which lacks the intelligence to even look ...

11/ ... at the evidence, which is now crystal clear, that eliminating covid, WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY DONE, is the surest way to economic resilience and prosperity.

There is going to be no epiphany, no glorious victory, but, gradually, we will prevail over these dumb f**kers. ...

12/ ... We have to stay agile, stay smart and stay determined. We have to resist the gaslighting and the shameful attempts at moral blackmail ("You're causing vaccine hesitancy") and not accept anything less than sustained #CovidZero.

13/ ... History will record we were right, but it will be a Pyrrhic victory if we let the numbskulls wreak havoc and destruction first.

That's it. It's the fight of our lives. And it is nowhere near over yet.