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Experts haven't exactly done themselves any favors. -------- "Seriously people- STOP BUYING MASKS! They are NOT effective in preventing general public from c

Experts haven't exactly done themselves any favors. -------- "Seriously people- STOP BUYING MASKS! They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus" U.S. Surgeon General, February 29, 2020 [0] -------- "Stigma, to be honest, is more dangerous than the virus itself. Let's really underline that. Stigma is the most dangerous enemy." Tedros Adhanom, Director-General of the World Health Organization, March 2nd, 2020 [1] -------- Have the experts always been like this, and it's simply more obvious now that the world is much more interconnected? Or has the quality of experts gone down dramatically? Both? [0] https://twitter.com/Surgeon_General/status/1233725785283932160 https://twitter.com/Surgeon_General/status/12337257852839321... [1] https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/transcripts/who-audio-emergencies-coronavirus-press-conference-final-02mar2020.pdf https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/transcr...

jussij 6y ago
I was very surprised to read your quote attributed to the U.S. Surgeon General, as it doe sound like a rather stupid thing to be saying. So I Goggle it and sure enough he did say as much. However, you did not post the full statement which means the context is lost. With the full quote and the resulting context the statement makes perfect sense: Seriously people- STOP BUYING MASKS! They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus, but if healthcare providers can’t get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk!
- will_pseudonym 6y ago
  With the full quote, the statement not to buy masks makes sense. There is no context that "They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus" makes sense outside of lying to the public, or gross incompetence.

jussij 6y ago

I was very surprised to read your quote attributed to the U.S. Surgeon General, as it doe sound like a rather stupid thing to be saying. So I Goggle it and sure enough he did say as much. However, you did not post the full statement which means the context is lost. With the full quote and the resulting context the statement makes perfect sense: Seriously people- STOP BUYING MASKS! They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus, but if healthcare providers can’t get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk!

will_pseudonym 6y ago
With the full quote, the statement not to buy masks makes sense. There is no context that "They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus" makes sense outside of lying to the public, or gross incompetence.