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> I don't participate in social distancing because my government says to, and I certainly don't stop because my government says to either. In an ideal world, t
by Florin_Andrei 6y ago
> I don't participate in social distancing because my government says to, and I certainly don't stop because my government says to either.
In an ideal world, the government would listen to the experts, they would reach some reality-based and science-based consensus, and then the people would follow those conclusions because it's the right thing to do.
But that's an ideal world.
- refurb 6y agoAs a trained scientist, I'm skeptical of these calls for "scientific consensus". Sure, there are many areas of science where there is clear consensus. But if you're talking about a new area of science, where we don't have much data, it's not unusual for experts to not agree on things. And sure, one of them is likely right and one wrong, but we won't know which one until we get more data.
- Florin_Andrei 6y agoThese statements are true in general, of course. Now, as for the current pandemic, data is plenty already.