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The WHO has been wrong many times.
by bzb3 6y ago
The WHO has been wrong many times.
- klyrs 6y agoThe role of the WHO is to provide timely advice based on the best evidence on hand. Sometimes preliminary research is overturned by subsequent studies. Sometimes best practices are flawed and need to be updated. WHO is not omniscient; they're pragmatic scientists. Scientists have been wrong frequently throughout history, but do you know who's wrong even more often? The people who ignore science.
- apetresc 6y agoCertainly, in the balance of probabilities the WHO's guidance is more likely to be correct than incorrect. It's certainly more likely to be correct than a layperson's. But it's not SO overwhelmingly likely to be correct that all of the big 3 social networks (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube) need to have a policy of aggressively removing anyone who contradicts them. Even though I agree the WHO is probably right about most things, it's far below the level of certainty you'd need to justify these overreactions. It doesn't even have the intended effect of preventing irresponsible behavior by gullible people; the COVID19 hoaxers are getting way more ammunition out of the media's censorious behaviour than they would out of Trump Jr's bad medical advice.
- bdcravens 6y agoYou may have commented on the wrong article, because the WHO isn't mentioned in this article.
- apetresc 6y agoThe big tech companies in question (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc) are using the WHO's guidance as the barometer for what does and does not constitute "misleading information" when it comes to deciding what to block. So, OP's point is not misguided. It's not like Twitter's own medical staff are the ones deciding whether hydroxychloroquine is or is not effective.
- bzb3 6y agoYes sorry this is exactly what I meant. Thank you.
- crawsome 6y agoChrissakes, what happened in the past 6 months here? This place is overrun with low-quality comments like yours.
- patio-chill 6y agoMostly is it on COVID and Trump posts. Hide or flagging is the best response to the entire thread. These topics do not come out well here.