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Five Reasons Public Health Experts Have Lost Credibility

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    George K
    wrote on 18 Jul 2020, 11:56 last edited by
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    https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/07/16/coronavirus-five-reasons-public-health-experts-have-lost-credibility-14915

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      Mik
      wrote on 18 Jul 2020, 12:30 last edited by
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      Good points.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        Jolly
        wrote on 18 Jul 2020, 14:08 last edited by
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        Outstanding article.

        Thanks for posting!

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          Aqua Letifer
          wrote on 18 Jul 2020, 14:11 last edited by Aqua Letifer
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          Dangerous, though. The points are good, but ideal fodder for the anti-science hoaxer crowd. "See? The experts are doing such a bad job it's obvious the virus is just a Democrat hoax!"

          Please love yourself.

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            Mik
            wrote on 18 Jul 2020, 14:13 last edited by Mik
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            I think those folks do not need this article to make that unsupported leap. they will fabricate whatever they need. This may not be the last pandemic of our time. It is good to examine what may have been mistakes in this one. It should serve to design a better defensive posture for the next one.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              Loki
              wrote on 18 Jul 2020, 15:10 last edited by Loki
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              Nothing is ever more unforgivable than this:

              Many of the same experts who endorsed strict lockdowns in order to “stay home, stay safe” then endorsed anti-racism protests in which thousands of individuals crammed together on city streets.

              Not just any experts either, the former head of the CDC!

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              • A Aqua Letifer
                18 Jul 2020, 14:11

                Dangerous, though. The points are good, but ideal fodder for the anti-science hoaxer crowd. "See? The experts are doing such a bad job it's obvious the virus is just a Democrat hoax!"

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                Copper
                wrote on 18 Jul 2020, 16:57 last edited by
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                @Aqua-Letifer said in Five Reasons Public Health Experts Have Lost Credibility:

                Dangerous, though. The points are good, but ideal fodder for the anti-science hoaxer crowd. "See? The experts are doing such a bad job it's obvious the virus is just a Democrat hoax!"

                Maybe not a hoax, but they were so far enough off on understanding the scope they forfeit expert status. After that do their predictions become hoaxes? No - but the effect may be the same.

                This is why you establish goals and a way to measure them. It works better than just screaming insults at people who don't understand the problem, and that includes almost everyone.

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                  18 Jul 2020, 15:10

                  Nothing is ever more unforgivable than this:

                  Many of the same experts who endorsed strict lockdowns in order to “stay home, stay safe” then endorsed anti-racism protests in which thousands of individuals crammed together on city streets.

                  Not just any experts either, the former head of the CDC!

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                  Jolly
                  wrote on 18 Jul 2020, 18:50 last edited by
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                  @Loki said in Five Reasons Public Health Experts Have Lost Credibility:

                  Nothing is ever more unforgivable than this:

                  Many of the same experts who endorsed strict lockdowns in order to “stay home, stay safe” then endorsed anti-racism protests in which thousands of individuals crammed together on city streets.

                  Not just any experts either, the former head of the CDC!

                  You sir, are right.

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  • L Loki
                    18 Jul 2020, 15:10

                    Nothing is ever more unforgivable than this:

                    Many of the same experts who endorsed strict lockdowns in order to “stay home, stay safe” then endorsed anti-racism protests in which thousands of individuals crammed together on city streets.

                    Not just any experts either, the former head of the CDC!

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                    Doctor Phibes
                    wrote on 18 Jul 2020, 20:40 last edited by
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                    @Loki said in Five Reasons Public Health Experts Have Lost Credibility:

                    Nothing is ever more unforgivable than this:

                    Many of the same experts who endorsed strict lockdowns in order to “stay home, stay safe” then endorsed anti-racism protests in which thousands of individuals crammed together on city streets.

                    Not just any experts either, the former head of the CDC!

                    Yeah, I thought that was genuinely disgusting.

                    I was only joking

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