>COVID-19 is a perfect example of the folly in believing "technology will always save us".
From a purely collectivist point of view, unchecked Covid only kills around 1% of the population and the vast majority are retired people, so it's not something society needed saving from as it has pretty much zero effect on humanity's long-term economic/technological progress.
I think the serious issue is more around long COVID and the associated symptoms with something that could perhaps become a chronic issue down the line.
Yeah, COVID is pretty bad. If possible, nobody wants to catch it.
But COVID to human civilisation is like a badly stubbed toe to a human. Painful. To be avoided. Maybe quite a bit of damage. Not really a threat if responded to in a rational way & with some whimpering.
From a purely collectivist point of view, unchecked Covid only kills around 1% of the population and the vast majority are retired people, so it's not something society needed saving from as it has pretty much zero effect on humanity's long-term economic/technological progress.