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    Ezra Klein‏Verified account @ezraklein Apr 1

    My column today is all about how resistant public officials have been to say things, or do things, that we are pretty sure will help, and are pretty sure are true, until a very high level of data is reached. And this is another example:https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/03/cdc-data-suggests-vaccinated-dont-carry-cant-spread-virus.html …

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      2. Ezra Klein‏Verified account @ezraklein Apr 1

        That the vaccines were going to reduce transmission is something that every expert I've spoken to has been basically sure of, but very few would say because the studies weren't in. But that meant months of playing down the benefits of vaccines.

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      3. Ezra Klein‏Verified account @ezraklein Apr 1

        But now: “Vaccinated people do not carry the virus — they don’t get sick,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Tuesday. That’s “not just in the clinical trials, but it’s also in real-world data.”

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      4. Ezra Klein‏Verified account @ezraklein Apr 1

        Similarly, the FDA just approved cheap, rapid, at-home, over-the-counter tests based on technology that's been around for quite awhile now. CDC is launching a huge pilot experiment with them. Did we really not know enough to move forward sooner?

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      5. Ezra Klein‏Verified account @ezraklein Apr 1

        How much data should regulators and politicians need before they act? When we're in an emergency like this, should that standard drop? Is it better to move faster, even if that might lead to errors? These are big questions, and they still matter:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/opinion/covid-vaccine.html …

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      2. Night Janitor‏ @NightJanit0r Apr 1
        Replying to @ezraklein

        I don't think that spreading this information actually helps. I know that it pushes the "virtue signaling" of wearing a mask when you don't need one, but as soon as you say that vaccine == no mask, people will lie about their vax status or just rely on the status of others.

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      3. Al Damashek‏ @ALDamashek Apr 1
        Replying to @NightJanit0r @ezraklein

        Its exhausting that responsibile people who have suffered and followed guidance throughout the pandemic have to constantly do the unnecessary to accommodate stupid / stubborn people that wont follow the simplest safety precautions and prob wouldn’t change their behavior anyway.

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      2. LiberalNeo‏ @Dan_Leipold Apr 1
        Replying to @ezraklein

        The fact that the experts were willing to talk about vaccination leading to herd immunity meant that they implicitly accepted that vaccines reduced transmission. But they wouldn't concede that until the studies were in in. Foolish messaging.

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      3. Mattfred’s Reply Guy‏ @A_Peterson1995 Apr 1
        Replying to @Dan_Leipold @ezraklein

        I just see it as being smart. Wanting to make sure that their hypothesis was supported. Being cautious and timid was the way to go.

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      2. Jennifer14‏ @JennNYC14 Apr 1
        Replying to @ezraklein

        Why do vaccinated people need to wear masks? I really hate to agree with Rand Paul...but it does start to feel like theater

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      3. Rohit Gupta‏ @rohitgupta857 Apr 1
        Replying to @JennNYC14 @ezraklein

        Because it is the more safe approach to take till you are sure. No one has moved at this speed before and it better to be safe than sorry. We forget that this is still in the EUA phase.

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