https://johnsnowproject.org/insights/merchants-of-doubt/
"Some people wave away concerns about the long-term effects of COVID-19 by
saying, “if it was really bad, the government would take steps to protect
people.”
The John Snow Project has set out some of the growing body of evidence that
suggests COVID-19 is having serious adverse long-term impacts on human health.
This evidence is, however, being subjected to the same ‘doubt as product’
approach that was successfully deployed by the tobacco lobby to slow the
introduction of public health measures to protect people from the harms of
smoking, and the underlying economic incentive is similar to the rationale of
the cigarette companies. While attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos
had to be vaccinated, wear masks, undergo regular COVID-19 tests, and used
advanced air ventilation, filtration and treatment to reduce their risk of
infection, the costs of such protocols to protect the general public are widely
viewed as prohibitively expensive.
Instead, those who would like to see clean air and protective measures
implemented everywhere, from hospitals to schools, are presented as
fearmongers, who are recklessly advocating investment in public health without
precisely quantifying the benefit, and doubt is cast over the validity of any
evidence that suggests COVID-19 may cause long-term or serious harm. We’ve seen
this approach before, with merchants of doubt peddling uncertainty in order to
undermine solid scientific evidence and dissipate the political impetus for
action."
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: April 6, 2023
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-81117543
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
