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The US leadership has been deniers of science, and of reality, for quite a long time. Decades. I know that HN tries to shy away from politics, but this shows
by jimhefferon 7y ago
The US leadership has been deniers of science, and of reality, for quite a long time. Decades.
I know that HN tries to shy away from politics, but this shows that politics has a way of intruding into even the most technical of areas. Large parts of the US seem to be willing to vote for folks who are not reality-based, and it is a problem for making progress.
- 8ytecoder 7y agoA lot of the other comments even right now are also deflecting from the topic being discussed - "what good does it do?". It shows how much HN doesn't even want to criticize this particular issue about the government. It's a root cause analysis and anyone who's been on call knows that if you want to avoid repeating this issue again, you have to keep notes/metrics/data while still working on fixing the issue. This is going to drive future pandemic prevention and response. We better get this right. The death rate and demographic impact of this virus means humanity is not going to be wiped out. The next one could be more severe.