A Snake's Coils Are Even More Intricate Than a Mole's Burrow
robhorning.substack.com
The push to “reopen the economy” seems to rely on a denialist faith that the pandemic is somehow magically over, and no further measures need to be taken. It’s not as though a vaccine has been produced or an effective treatment has been developed. And it’s not as though testing for the virus or antibodies has become widely available or even reliable. Rather the point of the reopening drive is its defiant myopia — it expresses a refusal to be deterred by the medical consensus, which is treated as something that can be overcome through exercises of sheer economic will. It’s no accident that one high-profile stunt was staged outside a gym.
A Snake's Coils Are Even More Intricate Than a Mole's Burrow
A Snake's Coils Are Even More Intricate Than…
A Snake's Coils Are Even More Intricate Than a Mole's Burrow
The push to “reopen the economy” seems to rely on a denialist faith that the pandemic is somehow magically over, and no further measures need to be taken. It’s not as though a vaccine has been produced or an effective treatment has been developed. And it’s not as though testing for the virus or antibodies has become widely available or even reliable. Rather the point of the reopening drive is its defiant myopia — it expresses a refusal to be deterred by the medical consensus, which is treated as something that can be overcome through exercises of sheer economic will. It’s no accident that one high-profile stunt was staged outside a gym.