• FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    not a single study had ever been undertaken to measure their efficacy in stopping a pandemic. When you got right down to it, lockdowns were little more than a giant experiment.

    The “there is no evidence” => “this is not true” is rapidly becoming one of my most rage-inducing things science writers use to mislead the public, and it is everywhere

    In addition, he felt that the worst thing officials could do was overreact, which could create a panic.

    lol, not even close. The worst thing they could do is lie about the virus’ non-existence, convince people to take dewormers instead of vaccines, and demonize masks so severely people won’t even wear them to filter smoke from forest fires.

    That’s as far as I could get. We don’t have enough agony-immense emotes (which is saying a lot) to carry on