Matthew Yglesias

@mattyglesias ↗

Deleted No

Hibernated No

Last Checked Jan. 5, 2023

Created

Sat Dec 31 12:45:28 +0000 2022

Likes

283

Retweets

Source

Twitter for iPhone

View Raw Data

JSON Data

View on Twitter

Likely Available

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The concern was that when the raw number of cases got too high, the *death rate* would soar due to incapacity to deliver treatments, and we needed to prevent that. This was an important reason not to “let ’er rip” but also a much more modest goal than Covid Zero. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 31, 2022

Preceded By

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Covid discourse has become such a cesspool of ill-will and polarization but it’s interesting to go back to the original wave of public health communication about NPIs and the need to “flatten the curve” — I think we mostly achieved it! — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 31, 2022

Followed By

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Nowadays if you say anything about Covid you’re guaranteed to get screamed at by the people who insist all NPIs were a mistake and by the people who insist anything short of Covid Zero is eugenics. But “restrict activity enough so the sick can be treated properly” made sense. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 31, 2022