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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by throwawayboise on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:34PM (#26072367)
So with the weight of contrary scientific evidence, the people still don't believe the water is safe? This sounds like the same arguments about climate change and election fraud that get dismissed out of hand.
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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by jancsika on Monday February 08, 2021 @11:51PM (#26074015)
> So with the weight of contrary scientific evidence, the people still don't believe the water is safe?

That is what a reasonable human would expect "the people" to do when multiple agencies overseeing the utilities were initially so irresponsible/incompetent/negligent that water superheroes from three states over had to swoop in to warn residents their fucking pipes are poisoned[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis#Virginia_Te...

Edit: clarification

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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by hanniabu on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:56PM (#26072533)
That's not at all equivalent. The issue is they were lead (heh) to believe the water was safe before. So when you're told the water is safe, but then it isn't why would you believe them next time?
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