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And people wonder why others wouldn't trust federal instances with health recommendations during the pandemic. This is exactly this kind of stories that undermi
by ta988 5y ago
And people wonder why others wouldn't trust federal instances with health recommendations during the pandemic. This is exactly this kind of stories that undermine the trust in those institutions, and these effects ripple far away in the future...
- encryptluks2 5y agoApparently even questioning institutions like this makes people Nazis, so I think it is a combination of being harassed for questioning and the government running lotteries and making deals with companies to offer free donuts and alcohol.
- ffffwe3rq352y3 5y agoWho ever said that? I don't think 99% of people would think your a Nazi for not liking this.
- blix 5y agoI think GP is being a little hyperbolic, but it has been difficult to publically criticize federal health institutions over the past year or two, even for things like this, without being associated with a larger set of anti-institutional political views. In some circles, everyone who subscribes to those views (or doesn't actively condemn them) is a Nazi. The politcal discourse in the USA is unhealthy.
- ffffwe3rq352y3 5y agoBecause you can find actual Nazi circles so I'm positive that you can also find circles that thinks anyone who criticizes federal health institutions is a Nazi as well. Even though it was hyperbolic it still annoyed me because its just SO extreme for no reason. I just feel you shouldn't throw "Nazi" around for any old reason and should be reserved for real ones. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- encryptluks2 5y agoIf it annoys you, then you should go look to see how people questioning vaccine trials are treated. Reddit frequently front pages videos of them being attacked and punched while being called Nazis with extreme amount of upvotes.
- ffffwe3rq352y3 5y agoI don't like to get annoyed. Seeking out new ways to get mad won't help anyone and will only hurt my metal state and reinforce their views!
- blix 5y agoI think it is actually a very common to use the word Nazi liberally, especially among young people with a leftist slant. But my retired left-center mom who watches MSNBC all day gets in on the action too. Maybe it would be better to reserve the word Nazi for True Scotsmen, I mean True Nazis. This is not what's cool in the political discourse right now.
- thetinguy 5y agoThe nice thing is that you don’t have to trust them. The data is out there and you can read it for yourself.
- pyuser583 5y agoVery few people can read data for themselves. I certainly can’t. I’m a highly qualified software engineer. I’m not a data scientist or an epidemiologist. I work with some every smart data scientists. We occasionally discuss data topics outside their domain. They seem to hit a knowledge wall fairly quickly. Please don’t ask unqualified individuals to “make their own calls” based on raw data they are not qualified to interpret.
- peytn 5y agoI have to trust they audit the data, trial sites, manufacturing plants, etc… That’s sort of their job. If the people working there don’t want to do that job, they should probably be replaced.
- colordrops 5y agoThis comment has about as much thought put into it as those who dismiss vaccines outright. Are you really suggesting that every joe and Jane schmo out there read, interpret, and analyze a paper and come to conclusions themselves before trusting a treatment?
- ta988 5y agoThis is not true, most of the data linked to an authorization for a drug are not public.
- vkou 5y agoThe problem is that in the United States, you have a choice between placing your trust in public institutions that are constantly under assault by private firms, like Biogen... Or you have to trust those private firms. I suppose in the medical field there's also a third party of snake oil supplement vendors, that don't even bother trying to measure whether or not what they are peddling actually cures anything.