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It's not hard, it's just that politicians and businessmes don't want to say "we don't know", "we are not sure", "we take the chance of a probability x". If you
by BiteCode_dev 5y ago
It's not hard, it's just that politicians and businessmes don't want to say "we don't know", "we are not sure", "we take the chance of a probability x". If you say "I'm going to solve all of your problems tommorow", you'll get better ratings today, so they choose that instead of managing expectations, explaning to adults the process that is undergoing, and giving the data and sources etc.
Now we have trust at an all time low, in a period of social media outrage and a conspirationnist gold era.
Which means more death and a prolonging crisis.
I do understand that the public have a limited attention span and a lack of critical thinking, but those in charge are nurturing it, for the worse.
The covid, IMO, is as much a social crisis than it is a health one.