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It feels like karma after being told we had to blindly “trust the science” during the pandemic.
by lockhouse 3y ago
It feels like karma after being told we had to blindly “trust the science” during the pandemic.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 3y agoIf there was ever a more antithetical statement, it was 'trust the science', because science is supposed to make sense from a seemingly chaotic world and the 'rules' it discovers should be reproducible. The trust should be verifiable. Unfortunately, this is further complicated by the simple fact that not everyone can even begin to evaluate whether a given information is bs. That is a problem.
- supazek 3y agoCovid would not have even been recorded if it happened 100 years ago. Start flashing on the screen the numbers of people killed by drunk drivers every week and let’s get something done about that instead of crashing trust in our national institutions —- with no survivors!
- Gordonjcp 3y ago[dead]
- pohl 3y agoHow would you explain the fact that the “Spanish flu” was recorded? Covid surpassed Spanish flu as the deadliest disease in U.S. back In September 2021.
- inglor_cz 3y agoThe Russian flu of 1889–1890 might actually have been a coronavirus infection, not a flu. HCoV-OC43 stands under suspicion. 130 years ago, and people certainly felt the need to record it.
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- throwaway106382 3y ago> Covid would not have even been recorded if it happened 100 years ago. https://ourworldindata.org/spanish-flu-largest-influenza-pandemic-in-history https://ourworldindata.org/spanish-flu-largest-influenza-pan...