Another great essay by Julia in Gauntlet News:
Emphasis from original.
âWe are currently in a âlullâ, but âlullâ is a relative term, and âlowâ in 2024 isnât the same as âlowâ in 2020-2021. In 2021, shortly after vaccination, our summer low hit 12k cases a day. This year itâs never gone below 160k new cases a day- over 12 times higher than the low of three years ago.
Letâs bear in mind that in November 2021, nearly a year after the debut of the vaccines, when Dr. Fauci was asked when things could fully âgo back to normalâ and mitigations like masks could be dropped, he projected that when new daily COVID cases were under 10k, we could expect to fully resume normal life. During the surge this winter, we had over one million new cases a day. Not only have we never for one day had under 10k new cases since Fauci made this prediction, we have never had under 100k new cases on any day since then.â
â Gauntlet News, COVID lulls aren't being earned by policy; they're being bought with infections and deaths
Iâm going through some old posts, cleaning up and adding archive.org links. Man, some of this right-libertarian stuff is embarrassing now. Iâm (mostly) glad I have it as an archive, though. Things change and hopefully we keep learning.
Re-upping this. I originally made it in 2013, but seems like itâs always relevant.
Some great words from Imani Barbarin on disability:
How many people wear glasses? I see some hands. So you got some accessibility in your life. Donât think that because your disability is accommodated, that you no longer have one.
We need to do more to come to terms with the way that disability plays a role in our life and recognize weâve been taking the lead from disabled people the entire time. And itâs okay. Itâs okay to understand your own vulnerability and the ways that the system has been weaponized against you. Itâs okay to say that you need rest and restoration.
Whatever you do, I encourage you: please look at the disability angle. Even if you think it doesnât impact you. I always say â when Iâm being mean and sarcastic [laugh] â that the only thing separating me from you is luck and time.
â Imani Barbarin from her talk âWho Belongs?â at the Othering & Belonging Conference
I recommend watching her whole talk.
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