I think we made assumptions, that everyone would see us as SMEs and that they would "understand" and comply with our advice. No one expected that the POTUS would openly challenge our expertise. No one expected that several Red State Governors would openly challenge our expertise. I don't have a counterargument for politicians who have li…
I think we made assumptions, that everyone would see us as SMEs and that they would "understand" and comply with our advice. No one expected that the POTUS would openly challenge our expertise. No one expected that several Red State Governors would openly challenge our expertise. I don't have a counterargument for politicians who have little or no respect for science. I don't have any counterarguments for politicians who do not have the health, safety, and welfare of their citizens as their primary motivation during a pandemic. I know that we did the best, we could do, given the circumstances. But nothing changes the fact that (maybe) 3M Americans died needlessly during the pandemic, mostly because they either choose to ignore us, because they believed politicians over the "expertise" or politicians muddy the water enough, to confuse a significant number of Americans; that they decided that no action was their best option.
I think we made assumptions, that everyone would see us as SMEs and that they would "understand" and comply with our advice. No one expected that the POTUS would openly challenge our expertise. No one expected that several Red State Governors would openly challenge our expertise. I don't have a counterargument for politicians who have little or no respect for science. I don't have any counterarguments for politicians who do not have the health, safety, and welfare of their citizens as their primary motivation during a pandemic. I know that we did the best, we could do, given the circumstances. But nothing changes the fact that (maybe) 3M Americans died needlessly during the pandemic, mostly because they either choose to ignore us, because they believed politicians over the "expertise" or politicians muddy the water enough, to confuse a significant number of Americans; that they decided that no action was their best option.
You hit the key points of our Covid years.