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>The parallels between COVID and our post-9/11 reaction are eerie. Are they? Complaints about post-9/11 "security" have mostly been about the ineffectiveness
by ubermonkey 5y ago
>The parallels between COVID and our post-9/11 reaction are eerie.
Are they?
Complaints about post-9/11 "security" have mostly been about the ineffectiveness of steps that are clearly security theater, or the boondoggles of things like the x-ray scanners. Input from security experts was widely ignored in favor of, well, dumb ideas.
The COVID remediation steps we've been asked to take -- masks in public, social distancing, taking the vaccine once it's available -- are exactly what epidemiologists would've said were the right steps if asked about a hypothetical pandemic 25, 50, 75, or 100 years ago. They're directly in line with expert advice, and provably effective.