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Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by pandaman on Sunday January 09, 2022 @05:56PM (#29868252)
Imagine you have a car problem and take it to a mechanic. Mechanic says: "You have to rebuild the engine ASAP, otherwise the engine is going to explode and you lose the whole car". You pay for the engine rebuild, the car is still broken and the mechanic says: "Oh, I did not know what is wrong with your car, don't hindsight me."

What would you do in such a case:

a) agree that you are over the line with your complaints and keep listening to the same mechanic

b) go to someone else with your mechanical issues and sue the mechanic for the engine rebuild

c) something else?

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Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by afavour on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:54AM (#29875694)
Not exactly a fair comparison, though. In order for it to be fair you'd have to have to be bringing in a completely unknown type of engine and asking the mechanic to figure it out. And I imagine any sensible mechanic would say "sorry, not my area of expertise". Which is not a choice in the real world scenario.
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Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by pandaman on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:54AM (#29876697)
The comparison is not about the type of engine but about advising with authority without knowledge. A sensible mechanic or anyone who values own reputation would indeed say "I didn't know", this is not what happened with the COVID response though.
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