i have no idea whether this is the correct explanation but I do suspect it is at least a default mode of operation by a certain Class
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yeah good point
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This was a case of Institutional Folk Knowledge at play, not really a lie. It was what they had written down from the Before Times and thus what was put out
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We should have called it SARS-Covid from the beginning and we should have suggested cloth masks
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they were telling a "noble lie" in order to save PPE for health providers but it was wrong lying to the public about health is always wrong because the lie will stick and some will never abandon it
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Doesn’t jive. If they didn’t know they work why give them to healthcare workers in the first place?
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theyve studied THAT
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Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
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I'll meet you halfway: "we refuse to think about this for five seconds because if we did we'd probably realize we were horrifyingly wrong, better double down repeatedly and hope the problem magically goes away before we can't afford to double down again"
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