A new battle about infohazards is brewing on Less Wrong! Some are arguing that a post criticizing various government agencies' response to covid-19 is an infohazard because it might reduce people's trust in government agencies.https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/h4vWsBBjASgiQ2pn6/credibility-of-the-cdc-on-sars-cov-2 …
The left isn't agreement capable - if the Pinkers of the world back down off the ledge and stop the "viruses don't care about borders" line the followers won't follow - he's barely keeping himself ahead of his mob. People on the left will violate travel bans out of spite.
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Trust is so broken down that people on the right rightly see government as hating them and won't follow sensible restrictions because they don't trust the motives of a USG that *hates* them.
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There's an element of that in the US, but right now I think there are bigger effects that cut across ideology. Trump & co are dragging their feet. Even Elon Musk is countersignalling and saying that it's a "stupid panic".
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