yes, you're being gaslighted

[mellowtigger]

It can easily feel like gaslighting.

Monkeypox:

1) The USA CDC previously had this webpage advising "Precautions to Prevent Monkeypox Transmission" via airborne droplets, but it now redirects to a different webpage that instead advises to stop any "activities that could resuspend dried material from lesions".   "Resuspend" sure is a funny way of saying "return the virus to airborne status", isn't it?
2) They still have this webpage that recommends BSL-3 precautions in lab study, which are intended for preventing airborne transmission.
3) They still have this webpage from 2020 advising that "monkeypox spread from person to person is principally respiratory".  This verbiage has a very different emphasis from their new answer to "How does monkeypox spread?" in their FAQ currently online. 

Meanwhile, our world has its first death reported from monkeypox during this pandemic, while the spreading (English translation) (edit: these links were misinformation.  sorry.)  continues globally and anecdotally by fomites, even on handlebars.  The USA and the world don't have nearly enough vaccine, despite knowing for years that this day might come.  But, sure, we illogically keep warning everyone that it's a gay sex disease.  Who benefits from this new narrative?

SARS-CoV-2:

1) The USA had about 412K deaths from COVID-19 during the last 365 days.  That's with all of the drugs and other interventions we have available now.  In contrast, the previous 365 days saw about 456K deaths.  That's the official count, and it's still barely a difference.  Has the news told you that excessive deaths remain nearly constant, year-over-year, or are we performing risky social activities like we did in our pre-pandemic routines?
2) But it's mild, they tell us, especially in children.
3) Our President told us all to get back into the office.  Our President got COVID, took drugs, then got a rebound.  He claims it's rare for rebounds to happen.

Meanwhile, Dr. Fauci gave himself two rounds of Paxlovid after his own rebound of COVID, a medical use which seems to contradict the current confusing guidelines that the rest of us must follow.  2022 January was the worst month in modern USA history for children dying from communicable disease.  About 2.4% of the USA workforce is now disabled by Long Covid, with the next wave of infections already growing.

They know monkeybox is airborne and easily spread, not a gay STD.
They know SARS-CoV-2 is a persistent infection, causes widespread clotting, and damages the immune system.
They know.  It can easily feel like gaslighting, because it is.



There are just 99 more days of smooth sailing until the election.  Everything's fine, so vote for your incumbent politician.  :/