(The other is that nobody understands the difficulties of messaging complex issues for 300 million people. A lot of complaints about COVID boil down to “why are you talking to me like I’m a special boy or girl?”)
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A third is that just 5 years later no republican seems to remember who was president in 2020
sep 1, 2025, 1:58 pm • 12 0 • view
You’d think that people who are involved in politics and policy would be able to appreciate these things, but nobody’s interested in learning anymore, everyone’s in pundit mode full-time.
sep 1, 2025, 1:46 pm • 127 3 • view
I have fought with a few relatives over the idea that the chance of another pandemic is 100%. It WILL happen, just a matter of when. Accurate disease risk assessment is beyond them. If you want to have nightmares about public health, pick the brain of pandemic specialists.
sep 1, 2025, 1:51 pm • 29 1 • view
I spent my career in the nuclear industry; the risks and actual injury from fossil fuels are far greater in every area; mining, drilling, spills, transportation, pipelines, fires, general pollution, co2 emissions,wars, but it was always more fashionable to focus on perceived nuclear risks.
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