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I think this is going to be a "thing" in future books. A massive blunder on a historical scale that gets talked about over and over as a "what the fuck were the
by meowface 7y ago
I think this is going to be a "thing" in future books. A massive blunder on a historical scale that gets talked about over and over as a "what the fuck were they thinking?" moment. Maybe even worse than "Saddam has WMDs" if empirical evidence can show how many deaths it caused.
It may take some time, but I think people will be held accountable. I think there should be prosecutions if it can be shown any of them knowingly lied, because in that case they would have intentionally caused deaths through the spreading of disinformation. Incredible that experts had to combat deadly disinformation or misinformation from the CDC, WHO, and US Surgeon General. It's as sickening as COVID-19 itself. We're really still living in the Dark Ages.
- sytse 7y agohttps://www.cato.org/blog/against-noble-lie-covid-19-edition https://www.cato.org/blog/against-noble-lie-covid-19-edition "Research shows that during disasters, people can show strikingly altruistic behavior, but interventions by authorities can backfire if they fuel mistrust or treat the public as an adversary rather than people who will step up if treated with respect. Given that even homemade masks may work better than no masks, wearing them might be something to direct people to do while they stay at home more, as we all should."
- meowface 7y agoExactly. All they had to do was send the full, nuanced message rather than treat the public like toddlers who need to be lied to and told fanciful tales in order to be kept in line. They may have directly killed people with this "noble lie". It's truly disgraceful.
- interestica 7y agoYou should point out that your quote is a quote from an entirely different article and not a direct statement from the piece you linked to (though it is quoted).