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0 pointsmonkeyelite10mo ago0 comments

> I think of skeptics who dismissed the exponential growth of covid19 cases due to their initial low numbers.

But that didn’t happen. All of the people like pg who drew these accelerating graphs were wrong.

In fact, I think just about every commenter on COVID was wrong about what would happen in the early months regardless of political angle.

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tim3339mo ago

I remember scientists, especially epidemiologists being quite accurate. I guess the key is to not even have a political angle but instead some knowledge of what you are talking about.

monkeyeliteOP9mo ago

I don’t remember that. How do you explain the total collapse of public trust in science and medical institutions?

Try revisiting their content from spring of 2020 (flatten the curve, wild death predictions, etc).

> I guess the key is to not even have a political angle

It’s a fantasy to imagine technical knowledge allows you to transcend the political and 2020 only reinforced that.

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