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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I think it is far from obvious that policy choices were the main difference between outcomes in these places (though certainly, we should still be trying to learn from them).
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It may not be, but it is certainly part of what happened. But even having that discussion requires admitting the problems with our policies. UK was subsidizing indoor dining in summer; Spain opened giant nightclubs, Netherlands refuses masks, Canada opens indoor gyms...
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