The big problem I see is that so many of the sources of information about what’s going on have their own preferred solutions, and their own side-agendas that they’re taking advantage of the crisis to push.
And that wouldn’t be an inherent problem except that a lot of them have built up quite a history of telling any lie that seems convenient for getting people to do as they’re told.
And then they wonder why even their more reasonable demands are met with skepticism and pushback.
Here where I live the lockdown rules are obviously nonsensical and arbitrary and designed to hurt certain demographics that have annoyed the governor in the past. Meanwhile they just as obviously won’t add much to stopping the spread beyond what people are already doing on their own. Restaurants are only allowed to do takeout orders. Stores have to limit themselves to a small portion of capacity. But we’re keeping the schools open… Attendance is mandatory per the truancy laws. And the teachers at the school aren’t allowed to ask or talk about potential covid cases because that would be a HIPPA violation…
Even if you assume the people in charge aren’t malicious, in a lot of ways they’re totally incompetent. And on top of that they’re dishonest, so even if what they suggest sounds like a good idea it takes a lot of effort to determine if they’re actually basing it on the truth or not.
Yup. We’re doomed. Either the virus will get us, or the panicking masses will submit to totalitarianism out of fear. Doesn’t matter which. We’re doomed.
The big problem I see is that so many of the sources of information about what’s going on have their own preferred solutions, and their own side-agendas that they’re taking advantage of the crisis to push.
And that wouldn’t be an inherent problem except that a lot of them have built up quite a history of telling any lie that seems convenient for getting people to do as they’re told.
And then they wonder why even their more reasonable demands are met with skepticism and pushback.
Here where I live the lockdown rules are obviously nonsensical and arbitrary and designed to hurt certain demographics that have annoyed the governor in the past. Meanwhile they just as obviously won’t add much to stopping the spread beyond what people are already doing on their own. Restaurants are only allowed to do takeout orders. Stores have to limit themselves to a small portion of capacity. But we’re keeping the schools open… Attendance is mandatory per the truancy laws. And the teachers at the school aren’t allowed to ask or talk about potential covid cases because that would be a HIPPA violation…
Even if you assume the people in charge aren’t malicious, in a lot of ways they’re totally incompetent. And on top of that they’re dishonest, so even if what they suggest sounds like a good idea it takes a lot of effort to determine if they’re actually basing it on the truth or not.
Yup. We’re doomed. Either the virus will get us, or the panicking masses will submit to totalitarianism out of fear. Doesn’t matter which. We’re doomed.