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Who is actively explaining to the American people that the machinery of democracy can be (and is being) used to dismantle key aspects of democracy? And that historically, authoritarianism has emerged *through* the processes and structures OF democracy? WHO? Just remember: Weimar was a republic, not a democracy Can we have a moratorium on Weimar Germany analogies? They rarely clarify anything, because almost everybody who makes them knows very little of the actual history. The genetic sequence of Omicron split off in mid 2020 and evolved for over a year before emerging in its current form (likely in an immunocompromised person). Given that most infections occurred later, the chance that other latent variants are out there evolving is high. Our post omicron world: Schlissel’s axing and MLK day highlight the need for institutional reform to pursue justice. Pretending racial & sexual bias do not pervade institutions is tantamount to endorsing both. Justice requires that we question norms & traditions and assess not intents, but effects.
1. Omicron goes down
2. It fails to produce herd immunity, durable protection
3. We’ll have 6 mo to vaccinate the world & prevent a new variant from emerging this summer
4. It may not resemble omicron
5. Vaccinating world in next 6 months = our best path
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