Better not tell the WHO about the 1000s of other diseases that are actually easily transmissible and kill way more people, imagine if they knew about covid
Sadly, "two weeks [of no dance parties] to slow the spread" could have helped here, but was deemed politically untenable, especially during pride month. So here we are. Blinded me with science indeed.
It's only untouchable if you're one of these modern special people who can't say anything that might offend someone else but the fact is, it only affects a very small subset of people with particular genetic and psychological traits.