Re:Herd Immunity Is Near, Despite Fauci’s Denial
by SpicyLemonZest on Thursday March 25, 2021 @11:03AM
(#26581131)
But this kind of rhetoric is exactly what I find concerning. The arguments I've seen on this issue seem to be driven by soaring rhetoric about finishing the job and trust for the science and respect for the dead, rather than a practical analysis of the risks and tradeoffs we face today. It seems to me that a lot of Americans have adopted the heuristic that all good Covid news is a trick to get people to "half-ass it", and see relentless negativity as the only responsible posture. (This is an observable trend in international comparison of news coverage: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/briefing/boulder-shooting...)
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Herd Immunity Is Near, Despite Fauci’s Denial
by loveistheanswer on Thursday March 25, 2021 @11:50AM
(#26581774)
>It seems to me that a lot of Americans have adopted the heuristic that all good Covid news is a trick to get people to "half-ass it", and see relentless negativity as the only responsible posture
I've noticed this as well among many in my social circles. Every time I discovered some new scientific study which helped to dispell some degree of the FUD surrounding covid, the people who had adopted that heuristic always responded with more negativity and FUD, and never relief.
A great example of this was how early on, when looking at data from Italy, there was FUD suggesting that the death rate could be 10-15%. When more data was collected which dispelled that great fear, Fauci said "It’s a false narrative to take comfort in a lower rate of death".