"COVID has pulled us back toward the pre-vaccine pattern — a biologically self-sustaining but socially costly…

"COVID has pulled us back toward the pre-vaccine pattern — a biologically self-sustaining but socially costly equilibrium. The difference is that now we know better: we have tools (vaccines, ventilation, antivirals) that could suppress that burden, but... 1/2

...we’ve chosen to treat infection as tolerable because it’s simpler to manage politically." ChatGPT, cutting through the bullshit of social media-driven public life. /end