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The government would have had more luck if the officals and agencies didn't flip flop multiple times.
by _-david-_ 5y ago
The government would have had more luck if the officals and agencies didn't flip flop multiple times.
- mschuster91 5y ago"Flip-flop" is a natural part of science - the adaptation to new knowledge being discovered. Were the statements that masks didn't help against sars-cov-2 inaccurate in retrospect? Yes. Was the assumption back in the time that a) masks were a rare good, desperately needed in ERs and b) that it was possible that covid19 was transmitted by smear/touch valid? Also yes. Was it justified to stop issuing AstraZeneca vaccines after reports of blood clots? Yes. Was it justified to resume vaccinating using this vaccine after two weeks of investigations? Also yes.
- macintux 5y ago> Was it justified to stop issuing AstraZeneca vaccines after reports of blood clots? Yes. Justified, maybe. The best policy decision in the face of widespread hostility/skepticism? Probably not.