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Even easier would be simply admitting they were wrong about the previous guidelines and explaining why, you know like grown ups.

specialist 5y ago
They did. Repeatedly. Further, many exposés and post mortems are in progress. The Premonition https://www.amazon.com/Premonition-Pandemic-Story-Michael-Lewis/dp/0393881555 https://www.amazon.com/Premonition-Pandemic-Story-Michael-Le... Uncontrolled Spread: Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic https://www.amazon.com/Preparing-Inevitable-Normal-Survive-Epidemic/dp/006308001X https://www.amazon.com/Preparing-Inevitable-Normal-Survive-E... Preventable https://www.amazon.com/Preventable-Leadership-Failures-Selfishness-Coronavirus/dp/1250770165/ https://www.amazon.com/Preventable-Leadership-Failures-Selfi... Move on.
- throwaway316943 5y ago
  Only after being left with no choice or when politically convenient. Too little too late.
- kuraudo 5y ago
  The problem is that the people admitting these mistakes were not necessarily the political figures advocating them to the populace at large. I imagine a fair bit of opposition to the safe vaccines we are able to enjoy is due to skepticism of political figures not owning up to their initial false statements. For example, I distinctly remember the former president stating loudly and repeatedly that Coronavirus was no big deal (paraphrasing), that it would disappear overnight, that the United States was well prepared for it, and so on. I do not recall any mea culpa's being issue: just one new bold statement after the next. To be fair to our conservative friends, I'm sure this behavior is not limited to only one political party.
elsonrodriguez 5y ago
"Stop Flip Flopping" Politicians have to appeal to people who crave stability above all else, and trying to do otherwise will just get them replaced by someone who knows how to appeal to stability.
- kuraudo 5y ago
  I'm not sure that's actually the case here; anecdotally, but a lot of the criticism of the former president at the time came from his bold statements that he never bothered to correct. Though, to be fair, that's probably not the only reason his former supporters did not come out to vote for him in round 2.

specialist 5y ago

They did. Repeatedly. Further, many exposés and post mortems are in progress. The Premonition https://www.amazon.com/Premonition-Pandemic-Story-Michael-Lewis/dp/0393881555 https://www.amazon.com/Premonition-Pandemic-Story-Michael-Le... Uncontrolled Spread: Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic https://www.amazon.com/Preparing-Inevitable-Normal-Survive-Epidemic/dp/006308001X https://www.amazon.com/Preparing-Inevitable-Normal-Survive-E... Preventable https://www.amazon.com/Preventable-Leadership-Failures-Selfishness-Coronavirus/dp/1250770165/ https://www.amazon.com/Preventable-Leadership-Failures-Selfi... Move on.

throwaway316943 5y ago
Only after being left with no choice or when politically convenient. Too little too late.
kuraudo 5y ago
The problem is that the people admitting these mistakes were not necessarily the political figures advocating them to the populace at large. I imagine a fair bit of opposition to the safe vaccines we are able to enjoy is due to skepticism of political figures not owning up to their initial false statements. For example, I distinctly remember the former president stating loudly and repeatedly that Coronavirus was no big deal (paraphrasing), that it would disappear overnight, that the United States was well prepared for it, and so on. I do not recall any mea culpa's being issue: just one new bold statement after the next. To be fair to our conservative friends, I'm sure this behavior is not limited to only one political party.

elsonrodriguez 5y ago

"Stop Flip Flopping" Politicians have to appeal to people who crave stability above all else, and trying to do otherwise will just get them replaced by someone who knows how to appeal to stability.

kuraudo 5y ago
I'm not sure that's actually the case here; anecdotally, but a lot of the criticism of the former president at the time came from his bold statements that he never bothered to correct. Though, to be fair, that's probably not the only reason his former supporters did not come out to vote for him in round 2.