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> The dueling conclusions underscore the tricky balance facing public health agencies, says Kristie Ebi, a heat epidemiologist at the University of Washington.

> The dueling conclusions underscore the tricky balance facing public health agencies, says Kristie Ebi, a heat epidemiologist at the University of Washington. “The messaging needs to be simple,” she says—but not too simple. It’s the COVID garbage all over again. They think the public are absolute drooling morons who cannot be trusted with any nuance, and they bake this prejudice into their recommendations. Good lord, we are never going to be able to rebuild trust in our institutions if they haven’t learned any lessons over the last 5 years.

hn_throwaway_99 2y ago
> They think the public are absolute drooling morons who cannot be trusted with any nuance I don't know where you've been the past couple years, but I think that's a fairly safe assumption.
- kindatrue 2y ago
  This link should be mandatory reading for everyone who thinks the general public aren't drooling morons: https://awrestaurants.com/blog/aw-third-pound-burger-fractions https://awrestaurants.com/blog/aw-third-pound-burger-fractio... tldr: America fast food restaurants don't offer 1/3rd pound burgers because the general public knows that 3 < 4
- kcplate 2y ago
  You know, I might be dumb as a stump, but I am pretty sure I can tell if a fan makes me feel cooler on a hot day…and if an expert tells me I am wrong, I’m going to ignore them.
trhway 2y ago
> the public are absolute drooling morons "They" aren't aliens. "They" come from that same public, and are as much drooling morons as the rest of the public (what i frequently remind to the Russians who whine about the Russian government). >to rebuild trust in our institutions will see how appointment of Kennedy Jr. as the health services tzar would work here :) Popular thinking among the Russian opposition is that the way Western societies reacted to Covid demonstrated to Putin the loss by those societies and by their institutions of the ability to act reasonably. And the inept reaction to the war in Ukraine seems to confirm that.

hn_throwaway_99 2y ago

> They think the public are absolute drooling morons who cannot be trusted with any nuance I don't know where you've been the past couple years, but I think that's a fairly safe assumption.

kindatrue 2y ago
This link should be mandatory reading for everyone who thinks the general public aren't drooling morons: https://awrestaurants.com/blog/aw-third-pound-burger-fractions https://awrestaurants.com/blog/aw-third-pound-burger-fractio... tldr: America fast food restaurants don't offer 1/3rd pound burgers because the general public knows that 3 < 4
kcplate 2y ago
You know, I might be dumb as a stump, but I am pretty sure I can tell if a fan makes me feel cooler on a hot day…and if an expert tells me I am wrong, I’m going to ignore them.

trhway 2y ago

> the public are absolute drooling morons "They" aren't aliens. "They" come from that same public, and are as much drooling morons as the rest of the public (what i frequently remind to the Russians who whine about the Russian government). >to rebuild trust in our institutions will see how appointment of Kennedy Jr. as the health services tzar would work here :) Popular thinking among the Russian opposition is that the way Western societies reacted to Covid demonstrated to Putin the loss by those societies and by their institutions of the ability to act reasonably. And the inept reaction to the war in Ukraine seems to confirm that.