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Follow the Data, They Said, and Then Hid It
- xracy 5y agoI love how libertarians simultaneously paint government organizations as successfully scheming to pull the wool over our eyes, and completely inept. In this instance, I would be surprised if Hanlon's razor weren't enough to explain all of this. But instead, they're attributing it to malice.
- yucky 5y agoThe issue is whether the CDC are incompetent or scheming, they've proven repeatedly they can't be trusted. And that's a big problem.
- xracy 5y agoThis article would have you believe the CDC is scheming. But if you read most other Libertarian literature, they will also have you believe that the government is incompetent. So which is it? Is the CDC successfully conspiring to hide tons of data from the public with no whistleblowers and no leaks to the contrary? OR is the CDC an incompetent organization that can't be trusted to collect something as simple as a little disease data? If I had to guess, I would guess that the CDC is understaffed, and working hard to pump out this data as fast as they can, and it's just hard to comb through with the kind of granularity they'd like to get out. Because, you know, I've worked at a job and that's the kind of stuff that happens at work...
- tamaharbor 5y agoAsk HN: How is the CDC not a joke?
- wellthisishn 5y agoThe CDC is absolutely a joke -- a joke that is not funny at all
- tamaharbor 5y agoLots of downvotes, but no one answering the question.
- fn-mote 5y agoSource is pretty partisan, as are the sources cited in the article. I was hoping for better, more rigorous reporting. Quick skim - https://brownstone.org/tag/public-health/ https://brownstone.org/tag/public-health/
- wellthisishn 5y agoWhat exactly do you see that is false or unrighteous in your "quick skim"?
- EdwardDiego 5y agoThey said "partisan", not false or unrighteous? A partisan viewpoint is pretty explicitly stated: > The motive force of Brownstone Institute is the global crisis created by policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020. That trauma revealed a fundamental misunderstanding alive in all countries around the world today, a willingness on the part of the public and officials to relinquish freedom and fundamental human rights in the name of managing a public health crisis, which was not in fact managed well in most countries. The consequences were devastating and will live in infamy.
- drewcoo 5y agoWhy mention that it's partisan except to disparage? For what specific reason beyond partisanship should we dismiss this? Pointing out others' partisanship without making actual arguments seems awfully partisan, too. Partisan but empty.
- pessimizer 5y agoThere's no reporting, it's a blockquote from the NYT, who was doing reporting, and surrounding, completely unrelated text advocating for Libertarianism and against lockdowns.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago> Source is pretty partisan, as are the sources cited in the article. Sure, the New York Times is a highly partisan source, but it's one that tends to back the CDC blindly, not one that's known for campaigning against the CDC.