curl-6 said:
EricHiggin said:
When their professional leadership tells them masking is not necessary or they're told by other (trusted) professionals it could cause some level of harm to themselves, or that the effectiveness is questionable if not quite low, what are people supposed to think? Even the highest establishments have changed their recommendations over time and not minimal changes either. You can't tell the people you're the honest trusted experts, then constantly change your rules, especially when those individuals are caught breaking the rules themselves. For those who talk about setting an example and how much it means, it seems many of them don't seem to think that matters in this situation. Just because a professional may look the part and have the certificates, don't mean much to some people. Their actions are what speak. Beyond that is the media. Putting someone like Bill Gates on there is idiotic. Whether you think he's smart or not, he's not seen as a medical professional, so why is he being broadcast when it comes to covid? Or when riots break out, and the news says nothing of it being a problem as per the pandemic, which they've focused on heavily for months, but instead fuel it? Then having 'experts' on who say a vaccine will take until later 2021 or even 2022 to become available and there being no chance it could be ready this year, only for it to be available now. All this and more is reason enough not to listen for some. Those who agree that, "with great power come great responsibility", should also agree the people in charge have done a terrible job all around. The medical staff and people have been done a great disservice. |
The quality of leadership has varied by country, and what we know about the disease has changed as we've learned more about it, but it's the scientific consensus that masks are beneficial, and it has been for some time now. |
Yes, but that's a problem as well. You can't say NZ is a shining example of doing it right because they've beat it, then later on explain they hadn't actually beat it. You've just screwed yourself big time by way overexaggerating. Not to mention some people saw that as more of a political statement then a medical one.
How beneficial matters a lot. Just because eating something you don't like will make you a little bit healthier and will indirectly help others a bit isn't going to convince people to change their diet. It has to make a worthwhile difference to them. Having to wear the high end mask to get a reasonable benefit doesn't help either unless the Gov is going to cover that.
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