What’s strange to me about all these stories is their veiled, counterfactual suggestion that any of this is really safe given the trajectory the US is on.
If the US had reacted early and competently, like South Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, or many other countries, people could be going to dentists without too much concern. But we didn’t, are on a bad and dangerous path, and now have to somehow pretend that we’re not, based solely on popular sentiment.
The reality of COVID-19, how it spreads, and what’s proven to quash it have absolutely nothing to do with how people feel about the pandemic.
If the US had reacted early and competently, like South Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, or many other countries, people could be going to dentists without too much concern. But we didn’t, are on a bad and dangerous path, and now have to somehow pretend that we’re not, based solely on popular sentiment.
The reality of COVID-19, how it spreads, and what’s proven to quash it have absolutely nothing to do with how people feel about the pandemic.