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> you're just writing nice frames that reveal your bias. a lot of people who questioned health authorities throughout this have been vindicated on various thing
by nuerow 5y ago
> you're just writing nice frames that reveal your bias. a lot of people who questioned health authorities throughout this have been vindicated on various things, including the threat of COVID itself.
I feel you're being disingenuous.
I mean, where exactly do you see any "vindication" regarding the real threat of covid19 when in 2020 it was already the third leading cause of death in the US and it already overtook the 1918 flu as the deadliest pandemic[¹] ?
This assertion is even more ridiculous given that those criticising the initial covid19 response tried to downplay it as nothing more than a harmless mild flu, and now we're seeing in the US alone over 700 thousand deaths.
[1] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/covid-19-is-now-the-deadliest-pandemic-in-us-history https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/covid-19-...
- gfodor 5y agoThe vindication I am referring to is the vindication of the people who were saying COVID-19 was dangerous in December of 2019. This group of people were told to calm down by the authorities and media. I know it's hard to remember, but it's important to not forget. If you recall, Nancy Pelosi went out of her way to go for a photoop in crowded SF Chinatown when the administration was calling for flights from China to be restricted, and Bill DeBlasio (of NYC mandate fame) was encouraging people to go out to the theater even after COVID was in the US. Here's one media article trying to frame tech people who were worried as overreacting: https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/13/21128209/coronavirus-fears-contagion-how-infection-spreads https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/13/21128209/coronavirus-fe.... I believe this article has been quietly edited to undermine the claim that it was so, so wrong, but unfortunately I can't dig it up on the internet archive.
- TMWNN 5y agohttps://web.archive.org/web/20200213131452/https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/13/21128209/coronavirus-fears-contagion-how-infection-spreads https://web.archive.org/web/20200213131452/https://www.vox.c...