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The amount of mis- and dis-information only makes that harder. When so many actors are actively working to undermine your message.

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So? What’s your solution? Silence dissenting voices?

I’ve noticed HN seems to entirely ignore the human aspect. Doctors understand it.

Tell all your type 2 diabetes patients if they dont take their medicine they’ll lose their legs. And guess what? 20% will lose their legs.

People aren’t robots. People are emotional. People aren’t always logical. People do the opposite. Why? Just because.

That’s the hand you’re dealt. Find a solution.

At times it seemed to me that repeating stale guidance was the only acceptable messaging, and I found it to be thin data with a somewhat chilling effect. Other influences abounded, but the effective knowledge transfer was disappointing in my view. There are other numbers to know than today's death record and the same mask reminder.

The author fell back on this excuse, too, but no. The existence of "bad actors" may confuse the public, but it should not distract experts from issuing clear guidance.

Yup. The CDC has basically taken the approach “The public is confused? Clearly the public is at fault, not us.”

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