![]() | https://archive.is/O4JtV#selection-4655.0-4659.129 Public health officials were wrong or lied about some elements of Covid and the Covid response in order to avoid freaking out the public. Unfortunately this fueled crazy partisan conspiracies. Because the issue is so politically polarized, nobody can have an honest conversation about the failures of the pandemic response. Also, Astra Zeneca vaccine has been pulled from Europe because of health risks. https://apnews.com/article/astrazeneca-vaccine-covid-eu-a3c108dd0ca305cf1b6da764e9a37abc But there's no nuance. This doesn't mean every vaccine is dangerous. Lockdowns were harmful in many ways. But I and many others treated as scienfic fact a lot of stuff that was conjecture, sometimes out of fear as being seen as a MAGA anti-vaccine kook. "The questions around masks led me to the six-foot rule and the debate over how Covid was spread. “FACT CHECK: Covid-19 is NOT airborne,” the World Health Organization declared on social media — even though SARS, a virus very much like Covid, had long since been understood to be airborne. Frustrated scientists pleaded with the C.D.C. and the W.H.O. to take into account the new evidence. By the way, as of this writing, that “FACT CHECK” post is still up. I realize that we still can't even talk about this rationally, and I'm not trying to excuse the crazies either. [link] [comments] |