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> IMO its important not to simplify the situation and say if group A just did this than everything would be okay. Well said. And at this point we should pray t

by zpeti 5y ago

> IMO its important not to simplify the situation and say if group A just did this than everything would be okay. Well said. And at this point we should pray this doesn't turn into a Marek's disease replica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek%27s_disease#Prevention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek%27s_disease#Prevention

ipspam 5y ago
The vaccine is leaky. Therefore, the vaccine will do more bad than good, long term. This variant could be the one to popularize Original Antigenic Sin. Hopefully not.... But part of me wants for the Fu*** to learn their lesson and stop punishing dissent, pretending they are god (they being politicians and scientists)
- ahdh8f4hf4h8 5y ago
  The trouble is the authorities won't learn anything - many could care less about science or history, they just care about power and influence. I do agree that more dissent and conflicting expert opinions were needed in this crisis. Especially dangerous is the idea that "if only everyone did X", then all will be well. This is rarely true. I think the government's role should be to transmit the best possible information available at the moment, give some strong recommendations and incentives (and change them when new information comes to light), but never use force and coercion. It simply doesn't work in the long run.
- dang 5y ago
  Your account has been using HN primarily for ideological and political battle. That's not what this site is for, and we ban accounts that do it, regardless of what they're battling for. We have to, because it destroys this place for its intended purpose. I'm not going to ban you right now, because I did notice a few previous comments that weren't doing this—though I had to look pretty hard for them. If you keep this up, though, we're going to have to ban you, so if you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.

by zpeti 5y ago

ipspam 5y ago

The vaccine is leaky. Therefore, the vaccine will do more bad than good, long term. This variant could be the one to popularize Original Antigenic Sin. Hopefully not.... But part of me wants for the Fu*** to learn their lesson and stop punishing dissent, pretending they are god (they being politicians and scientists)

ahdh8f4hf4h8 5y ago
The trouble is the authorities won't learn anything - many could care less about science or history, they just care about power and influence. I do agree that more dissent and conflicting expert opinions were needed in this crisis. Especially dangerous is the idea that "if only everyone did X", then all will be well. This is rarely true. I think the government's role should be to transmit the best possible information available at the moment, give some strong recommendations and incentives (and change them when new information comes to light), but never use force and coercion. It simply doesn't work in the long run.
dang 5y ago
Your account has been using HN primarily for ideological and political battle. That's not what this site is for, and we ban accounts that do it, regardless of what they're battling for. We have to, because it destroys this place for its intended purpose. I'm not going to ban you right now, because I did notice a few previous comments that weren't doing this—though I had to look pretty hard for them. If you keep this up, though, we're going to have to ban you, so if you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.