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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1222878)4/20/2020 2:32:07 PM
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LOL. Exactly so! I oftentimes think the same thing. Science is used as a bludgeon by politicians and they create heroes out of our scientists in order to drive an ideological agenda. Real scientists are uncomfortable with that at all levels. Science is about probabilities. There are no certainties in science. It's about weighing costs and benefits and the various probabilistic outcomes and efficacies of various paths to take. At the end of the day, scientists can only run the numbers and advise. They can't and shouldn't give us certainties and dogma.

Taking that concept further, Fauci is no hero and I'd bet he wouldn't want anyone thinking of him that way. He's just the guy in charge who has specialized knowledge. We can and should question his advice, when he tells us that if it were up to him, he'd keep the country locked down until there were zero new cases, which may mean until the end of this year. He is making those choices from his hallowed perch and his secure job. But a father or mother who is the breadwinner for their family and is faced with losing the roof over their heads or not being able to put food on the table, will take any risk to provide for their family....and they have the human right to make those adult decisions. The government has no right to enforce a lockdown that puts 40-50 million people out of work. We citizens did not give our government the right in the Constitution to do that. Therefore, they are acting outside the government's mandate and it is our obligation to push back. That's my view.
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