Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla...
by janto on Friday May 14, 2021 @05:03AM
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Organisations of professions should be held to extremely high standards. They are entrusted with more and in return given more privileges than any simple "collection of people".
Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla...
by shlant on Friday May 14, 2021 @08:31AM
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as I said, it makes sense to expect more from governmental bodies but that still does not mean an expectation of infallibility. High standards and impossible standards are worlds apart.
Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla...
by andreilys on Friday May 14, 2021 @01:44PM
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It's not about being wrong, it's about intentionally misleading the public because you believe they are incapable of handling the truth (i.e. we have supply chain issues with masks because surprise outsourcing your supply chains to other countries has fatal flaws)
I feel like this black and white, "you get one chance" kind of bridge burning is very unproductive. When you look at these agencies not as omniscient entities but as what they are - a collaborative effort of many individuals - then you allow for the evolution of understanding.
People can be wrong, especially in regards to more novel situations, so why should we view our institutions as any different? Yes having more eyes and varied perspectives means that it may make sense to expect something more reliable than an individual, but that doesn't make it infallible and IMO that's ok.