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The most egregious of all is suppression of Lab Leak theory from the beginning. Emails between Collins and Fauci are absolutely chilling. Do yourself a favor an

The most egregious of all is suppression of Lab Leak theory from the beginning. Emails between Collins and Fauci are absolutely chilling. Do yourself a favor and look up unredacted versions (Alina Chen’s Twitter) through FOIA requests. Holyshit was my reaction. The Lancet letter was also riddled with misinformation, suppression and conflicts of interest (Dr. Drazdak). I expect more from our leaders.

indymike 5y ago
> I expect more from our leaders. You should, and you should be free to discuss and write about exactly what your expectations are and how those leaders failed you.
- systemvoltage 5y ago
  I actually believe in Institutions with a capital I and want them to succeed, build trust and help educate people of their reputation, historical significance and their importance in society. I’ve worked with NIST for many years - brilliant people doing good work. But when they continue to lie to public, suppress facts, have a political agenda, and media is along with it, it’s becoming harder. I still think CDC does good work. Just that the leadership needs to come out clean and apologize the public for being partisan.
  - mindslight 5y ago
    > I still think CDC does good work. Just that the leadership needs to come out clean and apologize the public for being partisan. Why are you saying "partisan" rather than "incompetent" ? It's surely convenient to blame the institutional incompetence on a strawman "other side", but the fact of the matter is that under administrations from both Parties they've repeatedly dropped the ball. Distributing free rapid tests and finally recommending N95's after most everyone has stopped caring about pandemic is just icing on the cake. Biden's inauguration could have been a great time to break from the previous missteps, but the political narrative of "the pandemic is over thanks to vaccines" had to play instead. Which when you think about it is from the same exact vein of overly optimistic denial as "it'll be gone by Easter", just preached to a different choir.
    - systemvoltage 5y ago
      It was partisanry. Francis Collins (NIH Director) and Fauci from NSAID were afraid of appearing to support Trump's rhetoric of China-virus. So they doubled down on supression of information and completely shutdown any discussion in the entire scientific community regarding Lab Leak origins.
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      - mindslight 5y ago
        I'd say it's a stretch to characterize reacting against ignorant demagoguery as "partisanry", but okay. I'd still say the majority of trust was squandered by public facing guidance and actions, rather than what happened behind the scenes.

indymike 5y ago

> I expect more from our leaders. You should, and you should be free to discuss and write about exactly what your expectations are and how those leaders failed you.

systemvoltage 5y ago
I actually believe in Institutions with a capital I and want them to succeed, build trust and help educate people of their reputation, historical significance and their importance in society. I’ve worked with NIST for many years - brilliant people doing good work. But when they continue to lie to public, suppress facts, have a political agenda, and media is along with it, it’s becoming harder. I still think CDC does good work. Just that the leadership needs to come out clean and apologize the public for being partisan.
- mindslight 5y ago
  > I still think CDC does good work. Just that the leadership needs to come out clean and apologize the public for being partisan. Why are you saying "partisan" rather than "incompetent" ? It's surely convenient to blame the institutional incompetence on a strawman "other side", but the fact of the matter is that under administrations from both Parties they've repeatedly dropped the ball. Distributing free rapid tests and finally recommending N95's after most everyone has stopped caring about pandemic is just icing on the cake. Biden's inauguration could have been a great time to break from the previous missteps, but the political narrative of "the pandemic is over thanks to vaccines" had to play instead. Which when you think about it is from the same exact vein of overly optimistic denial as "it'll be gone by Easter", just preached to a different choir.
  - systemvoltage 5y ago
    It was partisanry. Francis Collins (NIH Director) and Fauci from NSAID were afraid of appearing to support Trump's rhetoric of China-virus. So they doubled down on supression of information and completely shutdown any discussion in the entire scientific community regarding Lab Leak origins.
    - deleted 5y ago
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    - mindslight 5y ago
      I'd say it's a stretch to characterize reacting against ignorant demagoguery as "partisanry", but okay. I'd still say the majority of trust was squandered by public facing guidance and actions, rather than what happened behind the scenes.