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> the principal of specialists mixing telling people as a group what to do When specialists tell you not to drink contaminated lake water, or to wear a mask w
by glial 5y ago
> the principal of specialists mixing telling people as a group what to do
When specialists tell you not to drink contaminated lake water, or to wear a mask when removing asbestos tiles, or to get a colonoscopy when you turn 50, do you reject those recommendations also?
- spookthesunset 5y agoThose people are acting within their specialty. For the last year and a half the only voice in the room that was allowed was that of the doomsday epidemiologist. Whatever recommendations they said were taken at face value with no thought or regard to any other specialty at all. Epidemiologists are not experts in political science, economics, mental health, education, public health, business, finance, behavioral health, law or anything else. When these people make unilateral public policy decisions, they are operating well outside their expertise. Unilateral myopic Technocracy ain’t what it was made out to be. It appears to quickly devolve into straight fascism.
- ideamotor 5y agoQuite the contrary, we let many absolute psychos in the room. Notably, Trump. And we are far worse for it, and are about to be hit in the face for it. It’s absolutely false that only epidemiologists were the only voice or decision maker. You’re dreaming something up. P.S. I don’t downvote. Finally, I have a degree in public policy that included classes in political science, statistics, economics, business, finance, and law. So listen to me. ;)
- glial 5y ago> Epidemiologists are not experts in political science, economics, mental health, education, public health, business, finance, behavioral health, law or anything else. OK, but the parent was complaining about recommendations that people get vaccinated, which is what I was responding to.