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Well, one reason would be I was emailing my friends and family about the efficacy of wearing masks around the same time in March that the Surgeon General of the

Well, one reason would be I was emailing my friends and family about the efficacy of wearing masks around the same time in March that the Surgeon General of the United States was posting on Twitter that masks don't work and the New York City Mayor was encouraging people to go to movie theaters and bars. I don't think arguing from authority has a really great track record this pandemic. The argument on the blog is pretty straight forward, and the data is all public.

gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
> I don't think arguing from authority has a really great track record this pandemic You're essentially arguing that you have authority as some credible interpreter of data. The takeaway is that practically no one seems to know how to manage the pandemic effectively, unless you want to resort to welding people inside their homes.