A concept that took hold in the ’70s haunted everything from seat belts to masks

Re:A concept that took hold in the ’70s haunted everything f... by hef19898 on Friday November 19, 2021 @05:29AM (#29275733)

Being once wrong disqualifies then? What I really hate is that some parties have to be right all the time, while others only once. An expert is not the one who is never wrong, but the one who knows why he was wrong and changes his opinion once data and information changes.

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Re:A concept that took hold in the ’70s haunted everything f... by ekianjo on Friday November 19, 2021 @05:42AM (#29275842)

There was sufficient data available from China before even COVID19 hit the US. You had to be either incompetent or malicious not to recommend masks.

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Re:A concept that took hold in the ’70s haunted everything f... by CamperBob2 on Saturday November 20, 2021 @03:49PM (#29291709)

Or you had to take one look at the toilet-paper shelf at your local grocery store, leading to the realization that if the same thing were to happen with PPE, it would be apocalyptic.

Not all lies are malicious. Some are necessary. "Masks aren't helpful" was one of those. Everyone with a three-digit IQ should have understood what was really going on, and everyone else was better off believing the lie.

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Re:A concept that took hold in the ’70s haunted everything f... by throwaway2077 on Monday November 29, 2021 @06:35PM (#29386799)

I love how mask-off this comment is.

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Re:A concept that took hold in the ’70s haunted everything f... by CamperBob2 on Sunday December 05, 2021 @12:43PM (#29451038)

(Shrug) Realpolitik is real.

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