Steven Pinker on the Tribal Roots of Defying Social Distancing

Re:Steven Pinker on the Tribal Roots of Defying Social Dista... by mannykannot on Saturday June 27, 2020 @04:35PM (#23664468)

In section 7 of the elsewhere-mentioned http://archive.is/QHU1H , Scott Alexander concludes (with explanations) that the initial policy of not recommending masks was not a deliberate attempt to prevent hoarding. Note that, in coming to this conclusion, he reversed his initial opinion on the matter.

And while there is little doubt that maskless protests of any sort cause spreading, there is little evidence so far of them causing the transmision to "explode".

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Re:Steven Pinker on the Tribal Roots of Defying Social Dista... by zarkov99 on Saturday June 27, 2020 @05:11PM (#23664713)

But Fauci himself straight out admitted that was the intention, did he not?

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Re:Steven Pinker on the Tribal Roots of Defying Social Dista... by mannykannot on Monday June 29, 2020 @05:14PM (#23683155)

Hm... apparently so, though in the only example I have found so far, he offers that reason as a justification for declining to recommend masks for people not at special risk. IMHO, this is was a valid response at the time, and not a hidden agenda.

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