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The Omicron Wave

The LRB Podcast

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Are We Still in Denial About Infectious Disease?

We're further behind than we should be. It's almos a if we haven't learned anything from the last time, or the last three times. I just, i think it was one of the big reasons why societies were so caught on the harp. The problem is that everything's been so contaminated by nearly two years of failure. And confusion. Only rupert knows more about this than i do. But the government wanting to act as if it's reacting appropriately, but people really not trusting them, not trusting their motives any more. There is a kind of profound fatigue about the things that we need to do.

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