I also don't like unjustified scapegoating and, yes, of course pandemics have their fog of war. But, also, I spent months trying to counter claims by experts that masks were *actively* harmful or would engender false sense of security—both with no evidentiary or logical basis.
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As with WHO. An essential organization we must defend, but fix because it's too vulnerable to big state pressures (China or US). Whenever I say this, some people say but that helps Trump dismantle it! In my view, letting him be the only WHO critic is what helps him dismantle it.
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The key issue isn't apportioning blame but keeping public trust—especially important because the agencies or the government we would normally trust aren't operating as they should. Unfair burden, perhaps, on the public health community but it's the time and it's the job. /fin
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Big thing is too that Trump, Johnson, Orban, Bolsonaro, Modi, all are institution-killers, they will work actively against us at this moment.
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Right, and my feeling is even seemingly circling the wagons actually helps further such efforts. Doesn't mean alternatives are easy to communicate, but I think circling the wagons is part of how Trump got elected in the US, for example.
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