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In reply to the discussion: 'Encouraging? (Eugenics) News From CDC: Most COVID Deaths Are "People Who Were Unwell To Begin With" [View all]herding cats
(20,056 posts)Eat extremely healthy, no processed foods, only whole grains, etc. I am thin and fit with a resting heart rate of 65-70, am fully vaxxed and have 2 comorbidities. My 3 year old granddaughter (too young to be vaxxed) also has one.
We didn't choose to be "unhealthy" and were not unhealthy. Yet Covid is a high risk for both of us, so excuse me for not celebrating the "mild" and highly infectious omicron.
The concept of disease prevention is to, you know, prevent it. Which is what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is supposed to be about. Not making things seem fine for those at the least risk because we're all over this crap impacting our lives adversely and they need bodies keeping the economy flowing. This is a huge risk to people like myself for the sake of keeping the economy moving. Which is NOT supposed to be the focus of the CDC.
At the most gracious take this is a messaging fail, at the worst it's literally the CDC sticking their toe into the economic factor and turning their back on the most vulnerable among us to keep the economy flowing. Public health and deaths of the most vulnerable among us be damned.
Anywho, that's why doctors, researchers, epidemiologist, ED staff (who are extremely burned out and didn't need a free for all approach to further strain them) and the vast majority of the rest of medical field are miffed about this right now. It goes against all the tenets they hold most dear. The CDC is supposed to prevent disease, not let it spread and overload medical professionals, just because it's bad for the economy.