'Endemic' diseases are normally only endemic to poor nations. It's not a disease pattern, it's a status…

'Endemic' diseases are normally only endemic to poor nations. It's not a disease pattern, it's a status pattern. Like some neighbourhoods are said to have 'endemic' crime. Usually poor, low-status neighbourhoods. 1/2 https://t.co/ZgYFfsyj1R

The proposal that Covid will be endemic to Western nations as well just reflects the globalisation of work i.e. now nobody cares who gets sick. There will always be other workers available, is the unsaid. The triumph of status over public governance. /end