I do not like to reference the NYT
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Imagine that.
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@Jolly I don't even care about that. What I do care about is an admitted attempt to manipulate data to purposefully mislead the public to shape public policy. This is so much worse than the January 6th "insurrection" in my opinion. Not only does the organization need to be completely torn down and rebuilt, but people also need to be in jail.
But the general public doesn't pay attention and is perfectly willing to go along with it.
Me/rry/Christmas
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@LuFins-Dad said in I do not like to reference the NYT:
@Jolly I don't even care about that. What I do care about is an admitted attempt to manipulate data to purposefully mislead the public to shape public policy. This is so much worse than the January 6th "insurrection" in my opinion. Not only does the organization need to be completely torn down and rebuilt, but people also need to be in jail.
But the general public doesn't pay attention and is perfectly willing to go along with it.
Not all of what the CDC mentioned was bunk.
Kristen Nordlund, a spokeswoman for the C.D.C., said the agency has been slow to release the different streams of data “because basically, at the end of the day, it’s not yet ready for prime time.” She said the agency’s “priority when gathering any data is to ensure that it’s accurate and actionable.”
In a former life, I worked on large datasets for the Federal government. This is actually a huge issue. No agency or scientific organization of any kind on the planet releases data before processing it. If the word "processing" is triggering to anyone, then I'd suggest they actually spend time understand what this step entails before whipping out the tinfoil on an issue they know literally nothing about.
Another reason is fear that the information might be misinterpreted, Ms. Nordlund said.
THIS is the red flag. It's their job to inform the public through data and analysis. If there's a fear that the information might be misinterpreted, (1) that's what processing the data is all about; to make it clear what the data actually is, and (2) it's literally your job to present the data in a way that the public understands it clearly. And no, that doesn't mean create propaganda.
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I've worked with the CDC a couple of times on a small research project - a completely different department from this, but still.... I found the people there to be extremely careful, possibly to a fault, and very willing to learn, but with a distinct tendency to get lost in the weeds.
