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In response to "Sure, let's be cautious since this is early in the variant's life. But we should also be cautious about how many people will get infected, too." by Inigo

the 24 hour news cycle is so dangerous here. we are so used to "information now" that "chill while science works" isn't acceptable. there are no

Posted by amanda jeans (aka amanda) Dec 21 '21, 09:04

absolute or even approximate omicrom truths yet.

this is how we got into trouble to begin with. the news reported "maybes" as absolutes, making people distrust science and news altogether.

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this is such a good point. things get reported, then we know more, and everyone is stuck on what was first said. (See the doc who first said vaccines - Candie Cane Dec 21, 09:36

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the 24 hour news cycle is so dangerous here. we are so used to "information now" that "chill while science works" isn't acceptable. there are no

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