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Originally Posted by mikemhg
No clue. This was information I had found out only a week or so ago, to where they were learning this.
It has to be understood, we're all somewhat in the dark here with this virus.
If anything it shows that in this so called information age, there is a real gap between the transferring of knowledge between institutions both externally and internally.
Heck, only the last week have we been hearing to now wear masks ffs. There is a lot of dubious information going on out there, and those who wish to foment confusion and doubt.
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Your post made me look back through the thread (btw I posted about the false negatives and having to swab deep on Jan 28). It is pretty interesting going back, watching us learn all about this shit as it developed. Once we get out of this situation, this thread will make a great time capsule of people learning about a new disease as it formed. I'm sure there are many examples all over the internet.
Speaking for myself personally...
-I saw myself go from "waiting for WHO to confirm before believing" something, to absolutely not trusting them
-Being skeptical on masks, thinking they were only useful if you're sick, unless 99% wears them they are probably unnecessary (but I did anyway for social acceptance)
-I can tell that my distrust of China was well earned and because of it, I ended up predicting a lot of things that happened. Our experience with SARS showed HK and Taiwan not to trust them, and because of that they are in better shape than the otherwise would be.
-"90 deaths a day is going to seem like a tiny amount in a few weeks"
-"150 now (cases in BC), expect it to be 300 in 4 days, 600 by next week. And so on..." wrote that 2 weeks ago, and was failed for it (BC is at 970 now)
-Lots of cases of people learning and changing their minds, but almost as many of people just refusing to accept reality. This is what separates the ignorant from the stupid, I guess.