> Everyone in the medical and public health field was trying to prevent mass casualties and complete collapse of the healthcare system to the best of their abil

> Everyone in the medical and public health field was trying to prevent mass casualties and complete collapse of the healthcare system to the best of their ability using the knowledge they had. Not being able to discredit random morons commenting on the situation with absolutely no expertise is an insane take. In the pandemic, those in charge were asserting that Covid was a virus with a droplet based spread (like the flu) and were shutting down domain experts who asserted that Covid was a virus that was fully airborne (like the measles). > Aerosol researchers started warning that "the world should face the reality" of airborne transmission in April 2020. Then in June, some claimed that it was "the dominant route for the spread of COVID-19". In July, 239 scientists signed an open letter appealing to the medical community and governing bodies to recognize the potential risk of airborne transmission. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jvchamary/2021/05/04/who-coronavirus-airborne/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jvchamary/2021/05/04/who-corona... Because they were only willing to accept a theory that was incorrect and ignored domain experts, those in charge were pushing mitigations that could never be effective against a virus you caught by breathing. No amount of hand washing, wiping down surfaces, putting up sneeze guards, or staying six feet apart can possibly protect you from breathing in a virus that floats in the air. This was the biggest failure of the pandemic, and it took two years for the truth to start being begrudgingly accepted. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/3/11/two-years-of-covid-the-battle-to-accept-airborne-transmission https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/3/11/two-years-of-co...