#covid19 will we get to a point where we stop being naive and realise that the same conservatives happy to…

#covid19 will we get to a point where we stop being naive and realise that the same conservatives happy to incinerate the planet to protect vested interests, won't blink an eye killing millions in a pandemic, for the same reason? /1 https://t.co/Grb2bQFtiS

From Day 1 of the pandemic, most conservative governments have had zero intention of following any sort of public health response. They immediately saw the threat to their protected economic status quo that public health restrictions create. /2

They've been undermining them ever since. Whether it's to cast doubt on the actual lethality of the virus, or to talk about balancing public health work with economic activity, or to continuously weaponise public health concepts in ways that.../3

...allow them to enter public health discussions and completely pervert and distort their meanings. Re-framing endemicity as 'live with the virus', faux care for mental health and education outcomes.../4

... to force schools to remain open and infect children, so that working parents can keep clocking in for work. Now weaponsing vaccination as a quick-fix 'back to normal'. They're ruthless, relentless, and lethal. /end