07-05-2020, 05:14 PM
(07-05-2020, 11:54 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: So there has been a lot of discussion about things that have changed over the course of time. First, no focus on masks, and now that is the big thing. A lot of people use this to attack the scientific community to say they don't know what's going on. The thing is, this is how science works. Things change based on new information. Usually, we don't see it play out like this. The scientific process plays out behind the scenes and we see the end results. But because this is all new and happening in real time, it looks messy. Science is messy. What we know, now, though, is that social distancing is the best thing to do (safer at home and all that), masks are in second, and handwashing is third. These three things will prevent the spread of the virus.
The logistical problems we are facing are testing shortages where we don't have the time or resources to test everyone who needs it or to do the contact tracing for those that test positive. This has been an issue from the start. We are also still awaiting vaccines, but there is a lot of headway on that. I did hear, though, that the first one expected to come out will have a cost of roughly $3000, even though their R&D was essentially paid for by the US government to the tune of $70 million. Not sure what that's about.
Anyway, but some random thoughts on all this from me, this morning.
Hopefully institutions like the WHO and our own CDC will learn from their mistakes in handling the next pandemic which will happen eventually. This in turn will be beneficial to advising governments on what what strategies to take. Goverments that also equally should learn from mistakes and successes as well.
As to the bolded, logistical problems are definitely real for this. But as we have seen in one of the largest cities in the world, NYC, their Mayor Deblasio ordered that those that test positive shoulld not be asked if they were part of the protests. Which is just wrong to do as it does nothing to help the science end of it all but promote a political agenda instead.
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