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> for this battle to be won the public has to have trust in him But many don't, for reasons of Fauci's own making. You can't rally people around a person that

by itbeho 6y ago

> for this battle to be won the public has to have trust in him But many don't, for reasons of Fauci's own making. You can't rally people around a person that lies and flip-flops on issues as important as this.

dwd 6y ago
The problem is that truth is always nuanced and never as simple as it needs to be to get a clear message out. It's fluid and a lot of people don't understand it can and will change - or worse conditioned to think changing your opinion due to changing or additional facts is flip-flopping and therefore bad. The problem is that to keep it simple you have to omit information and sometimes lie to get the needed outcome and sometime not correct incorrect but not harmful advice to keep it simple. But I do think they screwed up with the early mask advice. With masks, they are not effective protection if it's just you wearing the mask - but there is some value when everyone does. They should have mandated wearing masks from the start like in Taiwan, Singapore, HK. Simple.
- AlchemistCamp 6y ago
  I agree that Taiwan has done an exceptional job, but we weren't required to wear masks anywhere outside mass transit and some privately owned establishments until very recently when there was a spike in infected nationals returning. Now, we wear masks in most indoor commercial places, excluding dining areas. For the most part, all of last year was just life as usual. There have been large outdoor events, including a marathon in December with 28000 participants.
  - dwd 6y ago
    I'm in Brisbane, Australia and we only had mandatory mask wearing recently due to someone testing positive to the UK variant. Been life as usual more or for six months, but that's the advantage of getting it under control early so the contact tracing isn't overwhelmed each time there's an outbreak.

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> for this battle to be won the public has to have trust in him But many don't, for reasons of Fauci's own making. You can't rally people around a person that

by itbeho 6y ago

dwd 6y ago
The problem is that truth is always nuanced and never as simple as it needs to be to get a clear message out. It's fluid and a lot of people don't understand it can and will change - or worse conditioned to think changing your opinion due to changing or additional facts is flip-flopping and therefore bad. The problem is that to keep it simple you have to omit information and sometimes lie to get the needed outcome and sometime not correct incorrect but not harmful advice to keep it simple. But I do think they screwed up with the early mask advice. With masks, they are not effective protection if it's just you wearing the mask - but there is some value when everyone does. They should have mandated wearing masks from the start like in Taiwan, Singapore, HK. Simple.
- AlchemistCamp 6y ago
  I agree that Taiwan has done an exceptional job, but we weren't required to wear masks anywhere outside mass transit and some privately owned establishments until very recently when there was a spike in infected nationals returning. Now, we wear masks in most indoor commercial places, excluding dining areas. For the most part, all of last year was just life as usual. There have been large outdoor events, including a marathon in December with 28000 participants.
  - dwd 6y ago
    I'm in Brisbane, Australia and we only had mandatory mask wearing recently due to someone testing positive to the UK variant. Been life as usual more or for six months, but that's the advantage of getting it under control early so the contact tracing isn't overwhelmed each time there's an outbreak.