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... except CDC scientists have a reputation independent of the political machine. They have more to lose being branded liars than to gain toeing party lines.
by shadowgovt 4y ago
... except CDC scientists have a reputation independent of the political machine. They have more to lose being branded liars than to gain toeing party lines.
- zaroth 4y agoIt’s a little late to start caring about lying now…
- revelio 4y ago[flagged]
- shadowgovt 4y agoHonestly, the way the public acted during COVID is half the reason I default to trusting the CDC. It's a far sight better than trusting the voices that tried to replace the CDC with their own "expertise."
- thisisdumb93 4y ago[flagged]
- shadowgovt 4y agoIt's less a curve and more a narrow path. Most turns lead to falsehoods. Even if the mainstream story is wrong, deviating from it is likely to put one somewhere more, not less, wrong.
- hedora 4y agoUS government agencies have decoupled scientists’ findings from the statements their PR people make. There was a large amount of public complaining about this under George W Bush, but I doubt this was the first or last time an executive branch engaged in a reality / science purge. The CDC scientists in this case almost certainly came to the obvious conclusion and then properly documented and reported it.