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Scientists and public health officials made the mistake of projecting certainty and confidence that wasn’t justified by the state of the research. This is why l
by rayiner 2y ago
Scientists and public health officials made the mistake of projecting certainty and confidence that wasn’t justified by the state of the research. This is why lawyers are trained to always qualify their opinions—you can never really know anything for certain.
I pray none of this overconfidence and unjustified certainty applied to the mRNA vaccines. It would be a disaster if 20 years from now there’s some findings about long term impacts from first-gen mRNA vaccines. (I say that out of pure self interest—I’m vaccinated with Pfizer shot and so is my wife and eldest daughter.)