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Which people, which mark, have been wrong? What's happening (excepting the stock market) all seems to be pretty in line with the expectations I had around Apri
by edmundsauto 6y ago
Which people, which mark, have been wrong? What's happening (excepting the stock market) all seems to be pretty in line with the expectations I had around April.
I also don't agree that the experts have been unhelpful, and strongly disagree that they have been worse than no advice. They have been fought at every turn by people who don't understand epidemiology.
I think it's pretty clear that if we had actually listened to the public health experts, we (in the US) would be in much better shape. Trump (who you brought up) bears some of this responsibility for doing something so stupid as to politicize masks. He bears more blame because he appears to interfere with and try to adjust the science messaging to fit his narrative, which serves to confuse people.
So no - the experts haven't been wrong. We've just not spent much time listening to them.
- gnusty_gnurc 6y ago> They have been fought at every turn by people who don't understand epidemiology. Didn't Fauci discourage mask usage at the worst time to discourage mask usage? Weren't the experts continuously downplaying the danger while Trump was shutting down flights? Wasn't Pelosi, de Blasio and crew telling us to "hug asians" and jump on the subway? I'm not claiming there's anyone who was right in this mess, but there's very little ground to say anyone managed this correctly or would have been better equipped. The supposed Democratic utopias in this country (NJ and NYC) killed off the elderly. And people want Cuomo to run for president...