I presume that such treatments are a threat to the narrative that people bring Covid-19 upon them by being irresponsible (read: sinful) and thus must make various Sacrifices to the Gods in the hopes of making this stop. Treatments aren’t a sacrifice, and aren’t a morality play. In addition, any mention of them, or any encouragement, would lead people to be less eager to get vaccinated or take other preventative measures, and we can’t have that.
I honestly have no idea what you think people are actually thinking here, except that it seems utterly ridiculous
>In addition, any mention of them, or any encouragement, would lead people to be less eager to get vaccinated or take other preventative measures, and we can’t have that.
This is very similar to the Faucian notion of saying whatever, true or untrue, leads the public to take the actions he wants them to take, as was the case with masks, and we could find out is the case with something else in the future; we can’t know when we’re being lied to in order for the greater good to be served.
But personally, I think you can explain such an outlook entirely by association with earlier treatments. Treatments have generally been well-received by one of the major American political tribes, while vaccines have been not well received. It’s natural for the opposing tribe to invert this, and it seems like they have, to the point where vaccines are the only acceptable solution and treatments are evil.
This situation reminds me of the very beginning of the pandemic, when de Blasio was tweeting “New York is still open, go out” and Twitter was screaming for a lockdown. The silence about Paxlovid is rather deafening in comparison.
I honestly have no idea what you think people are actually thinking here, except that it seems utterly ridiculous
Maybe Zvi thinks people think:
>In addition, any mention of them, or any encouragement, would lead people to be less eager to get vaccinated or take other preventative measures, and we can’t have that.
This is very similar to the Faucian notion of saying whatever, true or untrue, leads the public to take the actions he wants them to take, as was the case with masks, and we could find out is the case with something else in the future; we can’t know when we’re being lied to in order for the greater good to be served.
But personally, I think you can explain such an outlook entirely by association with earlier treatments. Treatments have generally been well-received by one of the major American political tribes, while vaccines have been not well received. It’s natural for the opposing tribe to invert this, and it seems like they have, to the point where vaccines are the only acceptable solution and treatments are evil.
This situation reminds me of the very beginning of the pandemic, when de Blasio was tweeting “New York is still open, go out” and Twitter was screaming for a lockdown. The silence about Paxlovid is rather deafening in comparison.