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Going straight to the Godwin point, I see... Nothing about covid was known from the start besides the structure of the virus. And while we made progress, there
by GuB-42 4y ago
Going straight to the Godwin point, I see...
Nothing about covid was known from the start besides the structure of the virus. And while we made progress, there is still a lot we don't know, and we expect the unexpected.
Even if based on current research, you are right on some point (speaking generally), saying "I knew it, it was obvious all along" only shows that you don't understand science. You didn't, you took a guess and by chance, it was right. And your "onslaught of studies" is most likely cherry picked. Because mask mandates are a contentious issue, there are many studies going both ways. No matter the facts, it is an attitude worth "cancelling".
You can have opinions, I have my own, some turned out right, others did not, but they are just that.
But one thing to note: there are many countries in the world, all with different cultures, with a wide variety of covid strategies. Though some did better than others, none of them managed to keep covid at bay, all of them suffered in some way. If anything, at least in the beginning, dictatorships did better.
How future generation will judge us? The idiots will look down on us, the smart ones will see what we did right, and what we did wrong, both will be precious knowledge that will help them make better decisions.
- TrapLord_Rhodo 4y agoIn a highly globalized economy, containment is impossible, & 'slowing the curve' is folly. >if anything, at least in the beginning, dictatorships did better. Based on what info? the data the dictator publishes?
- junofan 4y agoAnyone who’s worked professionally with our nation’s healthcare apparatus will have prior opinions about those at the top. I haven’t had to change my priors. Wouldn’t call that a “guess” by “chance.”
- grepfru_it 4y agoYou know what was known? A shortage of N95 masks and zero attempt (at least publicly) to increase production. But we have a surplus of ventilators now!
- TrapLord_Rhodo 4y agoYou can go a down a dark rabbit-hole with this one. We did spend alot of money to increase production. Gavin gavee some chinese electric company $1B, $500m upfront to...shift mask production away from China? Not only did he go against every acquisition regulation written but the company went under and didn't supply any masks. -Ex Contracting Specialist for Gov
- edmcnulty101 4y agoThere were tons of studies on mask efficacy showing that it had a very minor benefit at best. We knew in the first few months who this disease targeted..i.e. the elderly and unhealthy. Yet we still went super Saiyan on crushing the country and world for years.
- GeekyBear 4y ago> Nothing about covid was known from the start besides the structure of the virus. We had evidence of airborne spread very soon after the virus broke out of China. Passengers of the cruise ship Diamond Princess were quarantined in their cabins and the virus continued to spread from cabin to cabin. Cloth face masks are effective when a virus has a droplet based spread, like the flu. They are not effective when a virus is airborne. Look at how flu cases hit record lows globally, while Covid continued to spread like wildfire. >CDC says seasonal flu cases hit record lows around the world https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-and-flu/cdc-says-seasonal-flu-cases-hit-record-lows-around-world-n1240333 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-and-flu/cdc-says-seasona...