How the coronavirus is driving new surveillance programs globally

Re:How the coronavirus is driving new surveillance programs ... by Tainnor on Friday April 17, 2020 @01:01PM (#22900753)

Glad you didn't die of measles. Unfortunately other people did.

Please cite evidence of the lives destroyed by administering vaccines.

I didn't claim that a lockdown has no adverse effect, quite the contrary. That's why a vaccine (which we don't have, sadly), of course only if it's safe and effective (which is what we generally test for, hence why it takes so long), would help: it would immunise us and we could stop the epidemic at a much lower cost to society than with lockdown.

"Blindly trusting science" is not a thing; science is all about facts and evidence, not about trust.

Please refrain from ad hominem.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:How the coronavirus is driving new surveillance programs ... by codr7 on Friday April 17, 2020 @01:08PM (#22900830)

There's plenty of evidence out there, and plenty of motivation to shoot down any attempt at objective research. Which is where your brain and your responsibility to use it enter the picture.

Of course it's about trust, science has been wrong about many things along the way, because of ignorance and lately to an increasing extent because of money.

Please refrain from putting words in people's mouth to hide your ignorance.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:How the coronavirus is driving new surveillance programs ... by samoa42 on Friday April 17, 2020 @04:28PM (#22902650)

science is about getting better models of reality. facts are mostly a political artifact.

[ Parent | on HN ]