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Re:What vaccinated people should know about their risk from ... by jdhn on Saturday July 24, 2021 @07:04PM (#27945111)
>I feel like the goal posts are moving with lightening speed.

The goalposts have been moving ever since we were told "only 2 weeks to stop the spread".

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Re:What vaccinated people should know about their risk from ... by ptcrash on Saturday July 24, 2021 @07:19PM (#27945199)
When did anyone say "2 weeks to stop the spread"

I remember "2 Weeks to slow the curve" and Trump's "15 days to slow the spread" but I don't remember anyone ever saying eradication was simply 2 weeks of lockdown away.

Even if it was as simple as 2 weeks away, many people chose to ignore the stay-at-home orders, so it's not really achievable. I think you're confusing 'moving goal posts' with constant failure to reach a goal followed by readjustment to new data.

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Re:What vaccinated people should know about their risk from ... by jdhn on Saturday July 24, 2021 @07:29PM (#27945278)
Stop the spread, slow the spread, the idea was that by doing just 2 weeks of isolation, everything would be manageable. This has really not been achieved anywhere in the world anywhere else other than New Zealand, and at what cost?

>I think you're confusing 'moving goal posts' with constant failure to reach a goal followed by readjustment to new data.

No, I don't think I am. That is a textbook definition of moving the goalposts.

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