Down in Australia, New South Wales Health Minister Brad Hazzard warned that, “pretty much everyone… at some point will get Omicron.”
This will be a complete disaster if other leaders start repeating it and accidentally insert it into the narrative. The reason is simple: if everyone is going to get Omicron,
a) There’s no point saying the unvaxxed are a danger to the vaccinated (which he managed to slip in just 60 seconds after saying everyone’s going to get it);
b) Social distancing, masks, testing, lockdowns, curfews, and every other preventative measure indicated by the “science” are at best a waste of money; and
c) Testing, getting tested, and requiring testing is a waste of time and money. Not to mention the distress it causes when the lack of testing facilities prevent passengers getting on planes.
Hazzard also suggested that the expensive PCR tests need to go and that everyone can simply do their own rapid antigen test at home. This is also bad bad news because a lack of testing suggests a lack of urgency and could reduce panic.
But don’t panic. I mean don’t panic about losing the narrative.
The mainstream media that covered this gaff rolled out the shadow Health Minister — someone nobody actually wants to hear from — who roundly chastised Hazzard for telling the truth.
Also, the federal government has agreed to switch from PCR tests to the cheap ones, but has also announced several hundreds of millions of dollars that it doesn’t have to support testing that still isn’t necessary.
Right now, the rest of the world is maintaining the illusion that Brad’s wrong and that we can all dodge this new variant with masks, social distancing, tests, and boosters. If, however, someone else adopts this idea, then Moderna’s stock price will collapse and we’ll record a substantial loss on our position.
Right now I wouldn’t bet on sanity prevailing so hold the position.
Cheers,
Peter.
