Another article making the rounds complaining about pandemic "epistemic trespassing", unironically quoting a medical expert who has adamantly & baselessly claimed masks would induce false sense of security—to great harm. For "trust the experts" to work, experts need to deliver.
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"If only you trusted us, everything would be great" might work in some countries, but I don't think there is a single country in the Western sphere that can claim that. On top of that, there's our own circumstances, extra failure by the administration.
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Isn’t this a consequence of the quest for scientific consensus taking place on a global public scale?
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We seem predisposed to thinking that a pandemic means we have morally failed. When cases aren't under control, the public has done something to deserve it (like not listening to experts). There's been lots of suboptimal policy. But also a myth of an expert-consensus "solution".
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Agree. Europe seemed to have it under control this summer. "They are so smart, they believe in science!!!". Then epidemic spikes in fall. "What have they done??? Did they give up???!" Reality: Covid is extremely hard to contain.
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