El Reg have really jumped the shark with this one. I'll be removing them from my bookmarks (again) shortly.
This whole article is either sponsored by Chicken Little or Pfizer.
Last last few years have been absolute hell for many people, because of the effects of lockdowns and media misinformation. That's what's put us into this current financial crisis, and the one that's about to happen due to commercial real estate prices. A lot of people's pensions are going to suffer.
The whole tone of the article seems to be that we should be putting in some measures. Do "something"? It's not clear what that something should be though. But whatever it is, the government aren't doing enough of it.
Everyone should get boosted, even though it doesn't seem to actually do very much to help. Is that because Pfizer profits are way down? It was supposed to be 96% "effective", but that seems to have dropped off the marketing. People seem very reluctant to admit they were fooled, but that's exactly how I feel. I guess as such a tiny number of USA citizens are taking up the offer many of them are actually secretly admitting that they were fooled? Or perhaps they just haven't got around to it yet?
Should you start wearing masks again? Not if Cochrane is to be believed, and they were widely considered the best science we had prior to this. I never did wear one anyway, as I'm exempt.
Should we treat people who wear them to the supermarket with respect? About the same respect as someone who wears healing crystals or a talisman, or takes homeopathic remedies. I'm not going to directly mock you for it, but I'll secretly think you are a bit hard of thinking.
Should we stay at home if we're feeling ill? Of course! Same as it ever was.
Should we stay at home "just in case"... I guess if you really like staying at home all the time, but for me and most other people it's pretty essential to get out and about. It's not living, it's just existing. A kind of prison. A living hell. I'm not going back to that (unless there's an airborne Ebola, or something really scary - in which case pretty much everyone will stay home).
So, I'm not going to be panicked into doing anything differently. Especially when the things that are being suggested aren't actually going to do anything much, on balance.