(11-08-2020, 01:20 AM)NewJagsCity Wrote:

(11-08-2020, 12:56 AM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote: When you are dealing with a novel virus... everyone is ignorant.  When you aren't taking the advice of experts after they have acquired the knowledge, that is not excusable.  Not comparable.  When more information came in, Fauci immediately corrected course... that is science; learning from errors and correcting them.  Trump did not correct course... that is ignorance; ignoring the evidence and facts.  You comparison of Fauci's corrected errors when more information was acquired (science) and Trump's ignorance are not even in the same ballpark.

I edited my response as you were responding. Im not comparing Trump and Fauci, trump obviously didnt want to wear a mask even after fauci reversed his position which was a bad look and,a bad message. I was merely pointing out that early on, I could understand why some people , including Trump, would have been skeptical with the advice they were being given.  And i guess my bigger point is, since the science was wrong early on and people got infected and maybe died as a result, then what value does 'following the science' even have? If following the science means accepting a proven cure, then that's reasonable. But till that happens, then following the science seems to be a bit of a crapshoot.

Obviously the science of a new disease needs time to be established.  Its not reasonable to expect strong guidelines in the early phases of any disease because their is limited information to understand it.  Science is the continuous addition of new data and information... the more data, the better knowledge and decision-making.  We know more now about COVID than we did in the Spring, we will know more next year than we do now.  You make decisions with the best information available at the time.  That should be obvious.

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(11-08-2020, 01:20 AM)jj82284 Wrote:

(11-08-2020, 12:28 AM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote: You clearly lack basic understanding.  The "magic" plan is following the science.  Wear masks and be a model for others to do the same.  Keep the economy open, but do not disregard the guidelines.  Continue the development of vaccines and therapeutics.  Cuomo and Newson and Biden and Harris have always said they would trust the experts when they were approved... not Trump.  Trump said this would be gone by Easter.  Trump said we'd have a vaccine ready before the election.  He's a moron.  Complete clown-show.  We have 4% of the world's population and 20% of the COVID deaths.  Its not difficult to see we are doing worse than any other industrialized nation in the world... because of his terrible leadership.

ny had the highest death rate per capita in the world.  Who needs the nutmeg now brother?

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Yah... in the first few months of the disease when no one knew what they were dealing with and a population living on top of each other.  What's your point genius? I guess you and Trump both think you know more than the scientists at the CDC? lmao

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