I think the farhad column is useful in that it shows that people are perfectly capable of making the “wrong” (honestly he seems pretty low on the risk spectrum for gatherings) decision even if they have all the relevant information, financial security etc
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Replying to @MattZeitlin
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@mattyglesias point but I think it shows the problem is that a lot of COVID behavior which may be rational from an individual's standpoint can nonetheless cause negative externalities for society.22 replies 17 retweets 479 likes -
I'd put "indoor dining" in that category, but wouldn't put "self-isolating for two weeks and then driving to a city to eat an outdoor meal with seven people" in that category. The latter is actually literally harmless.
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Replying to @davidshor @NateSilver538 and
That was not at all what the first version of the column was though. It’s been majorly-edited. The first version was I don’t have a bubble but I had no idea, and the only precaution was kids will be pulled from learning pod for a week.
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I don’t mind people doing low risk activities as they see fit, of course. Issue was very publicly shrugging off something that is very important for people to understand: bubbles aren’t bubbles unless they’re *actually* bubbles. Few people have intuitive grasp of network theory.
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Replying to @zeynep @davidshor and
They changed some details? Yikes. Isolating for two weeks in advance? It was one week when I read it. And I don't recall any mention of the meal being outdoors.
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I did read it post-editing to be fair
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Replying to @davidshor @CNY315_ and
Yeah. Total change. Two articles that should have been separate. 1-" Holy crap, I had no idea how networks work. Please learn from my ignorance in this moment of crisis." 2- "Like so many, I have important needs and I asked experts how to fulfill them with least amount of risk."
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Also, it's something I wrote about recently: it's really terrible that we did not encourage people to take advantage of the better weather. Now we have people losing it and taking risks simply because they are at a breaking point.
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