COVID-19 Outbreak Information Updates (Reboot) [over 150.000,000 US cases (est.), 6,422,520 US hospitilizations, 1,148,691 US deaths.]

bclemms said
If that is what it took to prevent severe disease against a strain doing as much damage as Delta then fine, it sucks but is what it would take.

If we are trying to prevent some spread, some of the time with highest immunity levels as well as levels of highest disease combined with the groups highest at risk to all be completely random then we should stay the course.

What's the goal right now? I'm struggling to understand. Policy is once again lagging real world data and when that happens it causes people to lose trust in the system. Then again, if we see yet another big policy shift to keep up with changing circumstance, you will be the first one lined up to try and politically weaponize it.

If Omicron was a dangerous as Delta then sure, especially for portions of the population that are compromised, but it's not so it's a moot point. But like you even said, policy is lagging behind real world data and will continue to do so, just like the fact we have Phizer talking about having a shot tailored to Omicron in March when it has burned itself out, but that won't stop the policy telling everyone you need to get your new booster for Omicron, once again making the company and stockholders very happy. The messaging from the CDC has been all over the place during this pandemic and it's honestly not getting better. From their messaging on masks to the vaccine itself, it's been one misstep after another. Shifting policy is fine if you communicate that mistakes were made.