I agree completely with your analysis--but I think they DID have an easy out with the math, exactly as you describe--i.e. they could have completely avoided the issue of safety. And frankly, it would have given them tremendous credibility. Instead, it was the nail in the coffin for almost half the country. I'll never trust the CDC aga…
I agree completely with your analysis--but I think they DID have an easy out with the math, exactly as you describe--i.e. they could have completely avoided the issue of safety. And frankly, it would have given them tremendous credibility. Instead, it was the nail in the coffin for almost half the country. I'll never trust the CDC again and in a way, I'm glad they did this to themselves so we no longer have to wonder.
Good point, though I wonder if part of the problem is that they are in a bubble and don't realize it's half the country they are destroying their credibility with...they think it's a fringe minority in part because big tech's censorship gives a false impression that everyone is in agreement when we're not.
I agree completely with your analysis--but I think they DID have an easy out with the math, exactly as you describe--i.e. they could have completely avoided the issue of safety. And frankly, it would have given them tremendous credibility. Instead, it was the nail in the coffin for almost half the country. I'll never trust the CDC again and in a way, I'm glad they did this to themselves so we no longer have to wonder.
Good point, though I wonder if part of the problem is that they are in a bubble and don't realize it's half the country they are destroying their credibility with...they think it's a fringe minority in part because big tech's censorship gives a false impression that everyone is in agreement when we're not.