Re:Sweden bans public events of more than eight people
by JackFr on Monday November 16, 2020 @05:47PM
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Despite their best efforts and intentions, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the public health officials have little idea how to combat the spread of coronavirus. Today’s WSJ article had public health contact tracers unable to determine the source of 50-70% of new infections.
Obviously strict isolation works. Wearing masks And avoiding large enclosed gatherings are common sense and almost certainly help. But beyond that, there isn’t any evidence based plan. There is guessing and post-hoc just-so stories. The idea that the public is to blame and if we had only “followed the science” we’d have it beat by now is weirdly moralizing nonsense.
Obviously strict isolation works. Wearing masks And avoiding large enclosed gatherings are common sense and almost certainly help. But beyond that, there isn’t any evidence based plan. There is guessing and post-hoc just-so stories. The idea that the public is to blame and if we had only “followed the science” we’d have it beat by now is weirdly moralizing nonsense.