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Justin Ling's avatar

I think you're entirely right. I 100% expect that a real, thorough inquiry — one that hears from both the credentialed cardiologist with zero insight into epidemiology, and from the respected virologists who actually understand pandemic response — will make quick work of the "herd immunity" and hydroxychloroquine crew. I think the bulk of the work will focus on what style of lockdown, or what shape of mandates, are really the most effective.

So I'm really arguing, here, for an incidental benefit: A chance to get these frustrated and alienated folks to the table.

But the core benefit of such an inquiry, of course, is to figure out how we deal with the next pandemic.

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Roy Brander's avatar

<shoulders slump>

Yeah, we have to bring them to the table, we're all stuck on the same planet.

But, #$@#%()#)(#$)(#$*%, do we ever need logic, fallacies, How We Know What We Know, and all that, to become a school subject like math and English. Nobody even gets taught how to spot a phone-scam, much less how to spot bullshit herbal medicine; valuable skills when there's no pandemic.

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