Reinterpreting the Age of COVID

For John, BLUF:  The thesis is that Democrats have to pivot to stay in line with the People regarding COVID.  And, the story of the past few years are being respun, science notwithstanding.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Democrats Will Try to Retcon Their Response to COVID-19 With a New Narrative–Don't Let Them

The term retcon means a new interprutation on a previous event.

From Pajama Media, by Reporter Stacey Lennox, 27 February, 2022 11:57 AM ET.

Here is the lede plus five:

The polling firm that proudly served Joe Biden in 2020 has some advice for Democrats.  Impact Research wrote a memo, which is circulating on Capitol Hill, alerting Democrats that no one likes their policies regarding COVID-19.  Prepare for the most comprehensive attempt to retcon the last two years we have seen yet as Democrats now understand that their political fate depends on embracing reality.

Impact Research is advocating for Democrats to declare that their leadership has defeated the threat from COVID-19 and claim the win.  The title of the memo is “Taking the Win Over COVID-19.” From the memo:

After two years that necessitated lockdowns, travel bans, school closures, mask mandates, and nearly a million deaths, nearly every American finally has the tools to protect themselves from this virus.  It’s time for Democrats to take credit for ending the COVID crisis phase of the COVID war, point to important victories like vaccine distribution and providing economic stability to Americans, and fully enter the rebuilding phase that comes after any war.

There was no war.  There were artificial economic and education shutdowns that many public health experts objected to from early in the pandemic.  Once it became clear that the virus was a serious threat to people over the age of 65 who had other health issues and not the younger, healthier populations, thousands of health experts, researchers, and clinicians signed on to the Great Barrington Declaration in October 2020.

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The document provided clear guidance to get low-risk younger adults back to work and children back to school.  At the same time, it called for creativity and local action to protect the vulnerable until treatment or vaccines became available.  Dr. Francis Collins and Dr. Anthony Fauci actively sought to discredit these ideas and maintain harsh restrictions.  Vulnerable and elderly Americans died by the hundreds of thousands anyway.

This is a two part message.  One part is about the spinning of the past to put a better face on it.  Including the revising of the history of our time in COVID lockdown.  The second is about how it is time for the Democratic Party to turn on a dime and fall into step with the People, with regard to it being time to move on from the COVID pandemic interregnum.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff