Clearly he doesn't believe in something, just break it down till you figure out what it is.So, still no idea how science evolves with the facts then? Despite being informed of the process again and again and again.
Are you incapable of understanding or unwilling? I cant work out which one it is.
This is politics. Stand an intellectual in front of the proletariat and tell them partial truths, leave out anything they will question. It's neither a liberal thing or a PC thing - although you get a bit more from elitists than folksy folk.Really ?
Not going to bother with the rest .
I cant work out which one it is.
Not fair. I know a zillion people in the medical community that would roll their eyes at this speech. Untruths? No. Half Truths? Maybe. Critical omissions? Certainly.So, still no idea how science evolves with the facts then? Despite being informed of the process again and again and again.
Are you incapable of understanding or unwilling? I cant work out which one it is.
I get the facts every day from the provincial website . I can't figure out why people do not look at the facts themselves . All I see with the people here are media facts .So, still no idea how science evolves with the facts then? Despite being informed of the process again and again and again.
Are you incapable of understanding or unwilling? I cant work out which one it is.
Yup you will . I have no doubt of that . They have you where they want you scared .
So, still no idea how science evolves with the facts then?
Not fair. I know a zillion people in the medical community that would roll their eyes at this speech. Untruths? No. Half Truths? Maybe. Critical omissions? Certainly.
Go ask 100 doctors if a mask protects the wearer? If mask wearing creates a false sense of security that increases ones risk of infection? That only symptomatic people wearing masks protect society? None of these questions are 'new science', doctors have been wearing masks to protect against aerosol transmission for decades.
This politician, Tam, was simply deflecting from the issue of PPE and mask shortages. Shortages caused by Liberal mismanagement of Canadian stockpiles exacerbated by a recent order to destroy aging PPE stockpikes in advance of replenishing them.
This is a little like dealing with Turbodish.Not scared at all.
Just not incredibly naive.
He's not interested in understanding science, or how it changes. This time last year we knew virtually nothing at all about Covid19. Along the way, we've learned a lot. Things were said that were based on what we knew at that moment in time. But as we learned more, those things changed. That's how science works.
The problem is pfb wants to stop at the point in the process where things stopped agreeing with his preconceived views. So Tam and Fauci saying masks aren't needed is GREAT. Everything that happened from that moment on, not so much, because he doesn't agree with it anymore, so therefore, it's invalid. So instead, just sew doubt and latch onto that particular moment in time and refuse to move forward, science be damned.
My point is would they have said that a year ago? Or did some breakthrough in science help us understand masks in the last year?Pretty sure if I ask 100 doctors about masks the reply would be “wear them”.
This is a little like dealing with Turbodish.
Argh!
My point is would they have said that a year ago? Or did some breakthrough in science help us understand masks in the last year?
My point is would they have said that a year ago? Or did some breakthrough in science help us understand masks in the last year?
Almost ... sort of. The problem is science has not exactly done the greatest job of delivering Covid advice -- a lot of sketchy stuff. It started with the WHO scientists downplaying the initial risk and delaying the alarms to allow China to get a collar on the local epidemic. Subsequent direction from the ones we ought to trust, the likes of Tam Faucci, Birx have all been found to have delivered'spun' stuff - or have admitted to standing down when they should have spoken up when science was presented incorrectly.Not scared at all.
Just not incredibly naive.
He's not interested in understanding science, or how it changes. This time last year we knew virtually nothing at all about Covid19. Along the way, we've learned a lot. Things were said that were based on what we knew at that moment in time. But as we learned more, those things changed. That's how science works.
The problem is pfb wants to stop at the point in the process where things stopped agreeing with his preconceived views. So Tam and Fauci saying masks aren't needed is GREAT. Everything that happened from that moment on, not so much, because he doesn't agree with it anymore, so therefore, it's invalid. So instead, just sew doubt and latch onto that particular moment in time and refuse to move forward, science be damned.
You were directly asked by JC if you follow current scientific advice. You responsded with fluff and the flip flop.One more .
Your post above is an example of how easy it is to drink the Kool Aid. Every medical practitioner since the beginning of masks wears one when in the presence of highly transmittable respiratory infections. We didn't have masks available when they told us 'we're not sure. If you were listening, every medical practitioner with a voice was screaming for PPE masks. Nothing learned there, we have known how masks protect for decades.No. Science better understood things, that's what changed.
When Covid first came along there was a question about how easily it was spread, and exactly HOW it was spread. In the early days touch (hand to mouth / eyes) was thought to be the primary method of transmission with mouth/vapor/sputum transmission being secondary. This was why there was such a freakout in the early days with people leaving their Amazon parcels untouched on their front porch for a week thinking the virus had to die, incessantly wiping down their groceries, wearing gloves everywhere (remember that stage?) thinking it made them invincible, etc.
Science taught us in the months following that touch transmission really wasn't a major route. It happens, sure, but the odds are low.
In the early days it was thought and understood (again, science learns and changes in situations like this) that the virus was not aerosolized which is why we were all told that social distancing was important, and mostly adequate.
As we learned more, we begun to learn that the virus could indeed travel further than initially thought by sputum and vapor (IE, think about your breath outside in the winter) travel. So masks became important all of a sudden to dampen and reduce that direct path of travel between people in the same vicinity, and hence, reduce spread..
We've since learned that the virus can indeed travel aerosolized, further strengthening the need for masks.
It's entirely disingenuous for ANYONE to say that "Well, a year ago they said we didn't need masks!" and try to translate that to today. In the 1500's mercury was given internally to treat syphillus. Since that time science has taught us that ingesting mercury is, uh, kind of a bad thing. We learned. Science taught us new things.
agreed...but this is all well behind us. There has been no argument for advice since April? Stay away from others....wear a mask. Pretty cohesive from all but the cons for a long time. The virus hit NA one year ago....science has been in lockstep since two months in.Almost ... sort of. The problem is science has not exactly done the greatest job of delivering Covid advice -- a lot of sketchy stuff. It started with the WHO scientists downplaying the initial risk and delaying the alarms to allow China to get a collar on the local epidemic. Subsequent direction from the ones we ought to trust, the likes of Tam Faucci, Birx have all been found to have delivered'spun' stuff - or have admitted to standing down when they should have spoken up when science was presented incorrectly.
So, if scientific community itself proves to be spinning things at the behest of politicians or for their own benefit... can we understand how some folks will have trouble believing them?
Don't confuse this with an anti-science rant. I'm all for evidence based decision making, and I generally trusts scientists to do and say the right thing. I have learned this trust needs to be earned, not granted.
The point is the spun science we heard early on was delivered by puppets scientists - those willing to stand at a podium with a politician's hand up their arse moving their lips.agreed...but this is all well behind us. There has been no argument for advice since April? Stay away from others....wear a mask. Pretty cohesive from all but the cons for a long time. The virus hit NA one year ago....science has been in lockstep since two months in.