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Admitting the uncertainty is my point. Instead they change the messaging week by week and act like this latest messaging is certain.

• detaro 5y ago
  Each of those steps had more nuance being communicated than the half-sentence you summarize it with, often with intense public debate and different judgment calls from different health authorities. (AZ and if/how to use it is probably the biggest example, vaccination for children is another (at least here in DE that's a massive thing)) None of these things were "this is the absolute truth forever".
  • gambiting 5y ago
    Exactly, people forget that actually, the official government message is NOT the snippet on BBC or in a newspaper, there's usually a much longer and complex explanation to be found directly on NHS website or you can ask your GP. I have this problem with my mum - she watches the news and complains that the government never explains anything properly - but I'm like, mum....you realize news stations aren't the government, right? You're just getting the abridged version and complain you don't see the full picture.
    • detaro 5y ago
      Often even just "read the newspaper article" vs just the headline or the TV news snippet.