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And also be transparent about the pros and cons. One of the mistakes with covid is having made all sort of false statements about the efficiency of the vaccines

by cm2187 4y ago

And also be transparent about the pros and cons. One of the mistakes with covid is having made all sort of false statements about the efficiency of the vaccines (like it stops infections, the virus would be gone if everyone was vaccinated, kids are at risk of covid and must be vaccinated, etc) while the actual merits of the vaccine (dramatically reduces deaths and hospitalisations) should have been enough to convince the population at risk. Once you lied to people once, it takes a lot of time to re-establish trust.

yieldcrv 4y ago
dont need masks do need masks we lied because we think you’re stupid and would hoard all the masks now you don't believe we need masks because we said prevent instead of reduce, and nothing was prevented now you bolstered your opinion because we said “no evidence” instead of “the study hasn't been completed” yes we said it affects young people and that caused a panic as if it was 1918 all over again, but you have to understand that 50 year olds are young to us and we are always speaking in a health professional context that nobody else knows even during the one time the public needs clear communication
- enraged_camel 4y ago
  >> do need masks we lied because we think you’re stupid and would hoard all the masks People panicked and hoarded toilet paper, of course they would also have hoarded masks and deprive healthcare workers of them.
  - cm2187 4y ago
    Not even sure that concern was legitimate. Do healthcare workers get their masks from the local supermarket?
    - 0dayz 4y ago
      That would most likely been true given the fact that most emergency stock had been severely undercut before to the gospel of "fiscal responsibility and efficiency".
  - _aavaa_ 4y ago
    A) This is acting under the belief that if told the truth (healthcare workers need the masks and they need us regular people to make the sacrifice of not using those so that healthcare workers get them) that they would not made that sacrifice in great enough numbers. B) This burns credibility by saying an obvious lie. People aren't just gonna immediately forget that the government just lied to them because "they couldn't handle the truth".

by cm2187 4y ago

yieldcrv 4y ago

dont need masks do need masks we lied because we think you’re stupid and would hoard all the masks now you don't believe we need masks because we said prevent instead of reduce, and nothing was prevented now you bolstered your opinion because we said “no evidence” instead of “the study hasn't been completed” yes we said it affects young people and that caused a panic as if it was 1918 all over again, but you have to understand that 50 year olds are young to us and we are always speaking in a health professional context that nobody else knows even during the one time the public needs clear communication

enraged_camel 4y ago
>> do need masks we lied because we think you’re stupid and would hoard all the masks People panicked and hoarded toilet paper, of course they would also have hoarded masks and deprive healthcare workers of them.
- cm2187 4y ago
  Not even sure that concern was legitimate. Do healthcare workers get their masks from the local supermarket?
  - 0dayz 4y ago
    That would most likely been true given the fact that most emergency stock had been severely undercut before to the gospel of "fiscal responsibility and efficiency".
- _aavaa_ 4y ago
  A) This is acting under the belief that if told the truth (healthcare workers need the masks and they need us regular people to make the sacrifice of not using those so that healthcare workers get them) that they would not made that sacrifice in great enough numbers. B) This burns credibility by saying an obvious lie. People aren't just gonna immediately forget that the government just lied to them because "they couldn't handle the truth".