The NY Times doesn't run this article unless they know that the amazingly stupid reaction from public health and epidemiology hasn't fatally damaged the reputation of both of those fields in exactly the way described by Trump in the debate:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/world/europe/ski-party-pandemic-travel-coronavirus.html …
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Of course they weakly try to save face by invoking the counter-narrative of the Jaws mayor who doesn't want to cancel the big summer festival but it's quite clear that the ideological commitment of progressives are what created the problem - closing borders is double plus ungood
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Here's a mark of how extraordinary this is from the Times; they actually put the confession in the summary paragraph. As
@Steve_Sailer a NYT favorite trick is to bury the interesting stuff in the later paragraphs after they hope ideological progs have gotten bored reading.pic.twitter.com/bMr57Y2Gd2
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How did this happen, and what does it portend? Are they (subtly) trying to demoralize the base to help Trump?
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My guess (and it's just a guess) is that it's damage control; after last night they fear a Trump win and want to protect WHO/CDC/FDA so they can do more damage in the future rather than being dismantled They're in uncharted waters - never had to deal with the memory hole leaking
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