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When bias meets reality. When "experts" is a term with little meaning, or, is just a prestigious way in which to refer to someone who read a few books and passed a few tests on a subject somewhat related to the current issue. Clearly, the vaccine is a game changer in the grand scheme of this global blight. Even though not everyone will even need it, I digress.
It's a new virus, but, so much more is known now than even just a year ago. Yet, so many blindly concluded wrongly (yet again in the annals of history) that relinquishing freedom would have positive consequences because the "experts will take care of me".
I've never envied the decisions politicians had to make with this virus. It's clear however that far too many have politicized this, rejecting independent science and various opinions to accept what some central organization tells them. What is almost as bad as the Wuhan Virus country of origin, is that same country dictating to the W.H.O and in fact, the world, what the reality is.
A false one devoid of curiousity and determination to facts. Once again, humanity fails in sifting through facts, relying on impulses and obedience to dogma.
Critics had some fun at the expense of NBC News over dumbfounded "experts" who struggle to explain why red states with lifted COVID restrictions have seen a decrease in virus cases versus blue states with restrictions still in place.
In a segment that aired on Thursday morning's "Today" show, NBC News correspondent Sam Brock began by calling it a "COVID conundrum," pointing out how states with the "strictest measures" like New York, Michigan, and Pennsylvania have "cases on the rise" while states that have reopened like Texas and Arkansas "are seeing their numbers drop."
"So what might explain the apparent contradiction?" Brock asked. "One theory: differences in testing rates."
Brock spoke with infectious disease expert Dr. Aileen Marty, who said a lack of testing in states like Alabama, which has also seen a fallen rate of cases, was creating "a false sense of what the real problem is in your community."
The correspondent then floated "COVID fatigue" as a possible answer to the "'state' of confusion," citing Houston Methodist Hospital medical director Dr. Neil Gandhi, who suggested that people in states like Texas have "already been exposed" to the virus so they may have "anti-bodies."
It's a new virus, but, so much more is known now than even just a year ago. Yet, so many blindly concluded wrongly (yet again in the annals of history) that relinquishing freedom would have positive consequences because the "experts will take care of me".
I've never envied the decisions politicians had to make with this virus. It's clear however that far too many have politicized this, rejecting independent science and various opinions to accept what some central organization tells them. What is almost as bad as the Wuhan Virus country of origin, is that same country dictating to the W.H.O and in fact, the world, what the reality is.
A false one devoid of curiousity and determination to facts. Once again, humanity fails in sifting through facts, relying on impulses and obedience to dogma.
NBC News mocked for saying red states' lower COVID stats have 'experts' dumbfounded
Critics had some fun at the expense of NBC News over dumbfounded "experts" who struggle to explain why red states with lifted COVID restrictions have seen a decrease in virus cases versus blue states with restrictions still in place.
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Critics had some fun at the expense of NBC News over dumbfounded "experts" who struggle to explain why red states with lifted COVID restrictions have seen a decrease in virus cases versus blue states with restrictions still in place.
In a segment that aired on Thursday morning's "Today" show, NBC News correspondent Sam Brock began by calling it a "COVID conundrum," pointing out how states with the "strictest measures" like New York, Michigan, and Pennsylvania have "cases on the rise" while states that have reopened like Texas and Arkansas "are seeing their numbers drop."
"So what might explain the apparent contradiction?" Brock asked. "One theory: differences in testing rates."
Brock spoke with infectious disease expert Dr. Aileen Marty, who said a lack of testing in states like Alabama, which has also seen a fallen rate of cases, was creating "a false sense of what the real problem is in your community."
The correspondent then floated "COVID fatigue" as a possible answer to the "'state' of confusion," citing Houston Methodist Hospital medical director Dr. Neil Gandhi, who suggested that people in states like Texas have "already been exposed" to the virus so they may have "anti-bodies."