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Yes, I think so. People grew up to trust institutions, and for decades they had good reason to (at least in the subjects of public health and safety). Who's t
by otterley 7y ago
Yes, I think so. People grew up to trust institutions, and for decades they had good reason to (at least in the subjects of public health and safety). Who's to blame when after decades -- no, centuries -- we elect a leader who makes false claims that are counter to medical science -- and potentially hazardous, if followed, to the public health? The victim, or the authority?
I know which party I blame.
- cheese4242 7y agoThe man who died drank aquarium cleaner. It is a huge stretch to blame that on Trump.
- brewdad 7y agoHe drank aquarium cleaner because the President of the United States told him it would cure the virus. Not a stretch at all.
- cheese4242 7y agoTrump told people to take it without a prescription?
- ComputerGuru 7y agoHe didn’t. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22670152 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22670152
- cheese4242 7y agoActually, he did: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/man-dies-wife-in-critical-condition-after-ingesting-chloroquine-phosphate-hoping-to-stave-off-coronavirus-2020-03-23?mod=mw_latestnews https://www.marketwatch.com/story/man-dies-wife-in-critical-...