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Feel like this is letting people off the hook too much. Why do we need so much institutional guidance? Common sense, and precautionary reasoning pointed consistently in one direction from day 1: wear masks, avoid crowds, limit public activity. At worst you’d have been too careful
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Of the many many failures of US govt in the pandemic, total lack of consistent public messaging might be the worst The CDC, White House, local public health depts. issue conflicting, changing and confusing messages daily. People simply do not know what behavior change to follow
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It is clear that people got these common sense ideas as far back as the 1919 or even the 14th century, when the science was weak, superstition was strong, and religious explanations dominated. Then as now, idiot leaders misled people, but common-sense risk management did not.
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