• deft ( deft@lemmy.wtf ) 
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      3 months ago

      Lmfao someone doesn’t read their history or is improperly educated

      There’s a place in the world with vast biodiversity, poor history of sanitation practices, a history of denying health outbreaks and malpractice that has shown to accelerate issues around outbreaks and houses some of the most densely populated areas on earth.

      Totally goofy shit to say

  • OBJECTION! ( Objection@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Fauci did actually say at one point that masks don’t work against COVID and could actually make you more likely to catch it, which was a lie intended to avoid a rush on masks that would lead to a shortage for healthcare workers (after Trump gutted the emergency stockpiles). This whole debacle is a perfect demonstration of why it’s unethical to deceive the public even if you think it’s justified. Whatever temporary benefit might have come from it is vastly outweighed by the long term harm of destroying trust. Anti-mask people could literally point to clips of Fauci on 60 minutes saying masks don’t work.

    The standard lib response is to either deny that it happened at all or to make some vague reference to “the science changed.” I’d be fascinated to see what specific scientific study at the time showed masks were ineffective at combatting a respiratory illness, and what caused this supposed study to be discredited. The fact is there was never anything to suggest masks are ineffective. It was just a lie, prompted by shortages. Other countries, across Asia and elsewhere, immediately rolled out masks because they obviously work and they didn’t gut all their emergency services.

    It is of course pretty much impossible to express any sort of rational criticism of any of this without being lumped in with the crazies, but it was a significant deception that really convinced me the US is FUBAR. Even the scientific institutions have been corrupted. Of course, now we have RFK Jr. so at this point it’s very obviously a clownshow regardless.

    • I find that I have to wear at least a light jacket to avoid discomfort anywhere below 62F-ish, depending on humidity and sun intensity. At 30F wouldn’t having just t shirts be literally dangerous for any significant amount of time exposed?

      • Not really. I do it all the time. I guess it depends on what you’re doing and if you have any medical issues with circulation. As it is I usually don’t break out the jacket until it is regularly below 20F and I don’t usually break out a full blown coat unless the temp is under 5F. If I’m doing any actual work then I actually find that I’m usually better off being more lightly dressed because in cold weather you’re far better off being slightly chilly than getting slightly too warm and sweating. Sweating will kill you in cold weather.

  • I have two qualms with this comic/meme:

    1. Comics and everything in the English language is supposed to be read from left to right. This one is fucky in that regard.

    2. Is this pro-Fauci bullshit in which he’s saying logical & true things? That’s not the Fauci we’re familiar with.