So, how do we do it now? I am not a virologist or a scientist, nor a specialist in anything. And no, I don’t do my research browsing “alternative” websites, nor do I trust the Bible or the Marvel Cinematic Universe to try to analyze and understand the world around me.
I am here as a simple worried citizen who tries as much as possible to trust verifiable facts, generally relayed by media outlets which still employ rigorous journalists, whatever the mediaceptics think. It still seems to me, for me, the best way to approach this crisis to try to situate ourselves collectively in relation to the viral threat.
In any case, it is not my intention to relaunch the sterile science versus beliefs debate or the one opposing traditional media relays to underground “webinews”. I say that, it is to explain my social posture in crisis before questioning myself a little about the continuation of things.
That being said, what I understand from this pandemic is that we will not have the upper hand until 90% of the planet is vaccinated. And three times rather than once, apparently. I would be remiss to be pessimistic, but at first glance it just seems impractical to me at the moment, and for a whole host of reasons, ranging from fair vaccination in poor countries to many resistant to vaccination.
The sum of these reasons means that we are going far too slowly on the ground in the face of the virus and its mutations. We are faced with our only predator and it is crushing us in terms of speed. There, Omicron arrives and we tighten the screw again, but I have the confused impression that we will not be able to close everything and hide under the carpet every time a new variant appears.
Social fabric
The consequences of these movements of ” stop and go Will end up shattering the social fabric to the point of no return. We already feel that, this time, things go badly even among those who follow the instructions from the beginning. Doubly vaccinated people doubt. Young people, a lot. We begin to wonder “What does it give to be vaccinated if it is to continue to be pissed off in the same way”.
Even if we know that the first doses considerably reduce the strength of symptoms and hospitalizations, I can however understand the emergence of this scientific shortcut generated by the frustration of having to comply again with health constraints. I myself had this reaction for 24 hours before I regained my senses.
In light of the pandemic evolution, I wonder if we should not adopt a new approach to the virus. I’m starting to think that instead of being in reaction, improvisation and frustration mode, it would be time to ask how we can take the lead in order to coexist strategically with COVID-19, which will be with us for a while. time, I’m afraid.
I run it like that. It’s easy to say and I would like to come up with a string of solutions, but I don’t have any. Other than a few scriptwriter ideas that work in a movie, but I doubt there are realistic applications for. For the moment, I am only questioning myself publicly, hoping that people who have the skills to find this kind of solutions can start thinking about what to do next.
Antivax
And, since we are talking about cohabitation, what do we do with antivax? In my gang, the exasperation towards the “resistant” climbed a couple of degrees on the socio-seismic scale. Their aggressive and out of touch speeches are starting to seriously heat our ears and it is becoming more and more obvious to me that there is a clear divide between “them” and “us”.
For them, we are the “sheep”, the “traitors”, the narrow-minded. For me and my gangat best, they are selfish and ill-behaved children who live in a world where animals talk. At worst, they are delirious paranos who are ready to take up arms to save their sacrosanct. liberty.
Yes, there is also a good part of the antivax which, without denying the existence of the virus, are sincerely worried about the imposition of the vaccine without having carried out the research protocols normally required. People who would like us to question ourselves further in order to debate the subject without falling into crises, invectives or delirium. I fully understand their concerns and I respect their position. This post is not for them.
So what to do with radical antivax? For now, I think we should just take them out of the equation. They are more and more part of the problem and there is no point in considering their “opinions” and their “alternate truths”. We know their broken record. We are clearly part of clans which no longer evolve on the same astral plane.
How could I have a discussion with someone who yells at me and whines that this is all a New World Order invention to create dictatorships, and what else? Denying the existence of the virus is like someone trying to convince me that the Earth is flat. End of programs. There’s nothing more to discuss when you leave. Adios.
How to cohabit with people who no longer live in the same space-time as us? We can’t. I therefore believe that the best thing to do for the moment is, as François Legault did a few days ago, to ask them as politely as possible to stay at home, with their noses in their research, so as not to clutter up hospitals.
We’re just asking you that. As the teachers used to say to the dunces at a time when I myself was a young dynamic dunce: “Go to the back of the class, take care of what you want, but no longer disturb those who work for us. come out of crap. “
That’s it. We know you exist. We just don’t want to hear from you anymore. We let you simmer your conspiracy theories in your kitchens. Live with your choices and good luck moving forward. For the others, still interested in “living together”, I ask the question at the beginning: “Okay, so how do we do it now? We try to adapt.