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Re:Data Scientist Rebekah Jones, Facing Arrest, Turns Hersel... by salmon30salmon on Monday January 18, 2021 @02:24PM (#25825460)
Right no shit. What I'm arguing is that people take the path of least resistance and it would have been far easier to announce a policy change than cook the books. I am saying that if opening up was the only reason, I do not believe that's the path they would take. Of course I'm just basing this off of my own feels.
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Re:Data Scientist Rebekah Jones, Facing Arrest, Turns Hersel... by yazaddaruvala on Monday January 18, 2021 @03:14PM (#25826068)
Making a policy change has consequences. “De Santis made a terrible policy change, X people are now dead” is a very different headline than “after the data suggested Florida open up, X people are now dead”.

I don’t know if there is a conspiracy, but your argument regarding motivation is definitely not thorough.

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