"Given how the authorities flipped their advice in barely a month, despite having the same laundry list of arguments, shows that the arguments were more of a de

"Given how the authorities flipped their advice in barely a month, despite having the same laundry list of arguments, shows that the arguments were more of a deflection than something that was properly incorporated into the cost-benefit analysis." It's also consistent with a recommendation made for non-scientific reasons. The science here hasn't changed, but the recommendation has.