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Originally Posted by underscore
While that's all important for the position she's in, and improving the odds of people listening to her, it doesn't mean that how well things have been going in BC are a direct result of what she's done. Correlation vs causation and all that jazz.
I'm going to call bullshit on this, at least up here. The number of people putting zero effort in right now is fucking embarrassing.
edit: I will add thanks to those of you posting up about people who are doing things intelligently for reminding me not everyone is as clueless as my neighbours that currently have a dozen people watching a projector in their driveway.
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For your first point on causation vs correlation, if you're going to be so specific, then I agree with you, HOWEVER, you are arguing semantics. If you are judging Dr. Henry's work by her live broadcasts alone, then yes, it is impossible to LITERALLY KNOW DIRECTLY as a result of what she has done, is improving the situation in BC (Because she's not imposing martial law or some other unrealistic, dictatorship type rules that force people to stay at home)
My response was to 1337 in him saying that it was because of "Asian cultural influence" being the main reason why the outbreak in BC has been relatively under control. I said that "Asian cultural influence" is bullshit. Do you agree with him that the relatively low outbreak is because of the "Asian cultural influence"?
For your second point, I haven't been around the entire Lower Mainland to give a fully accurate response. However, I will say, at least in my neighborhood in Burnaby, it's the response has been pretty good overall - people have been distancing and following the rules. And in general, Vancouver residents have been relatively sane and not doing crazy protest shit like the USA. From what I saw online, the 1st protest in Vancouver had 24 people, and the 2nd protest had about 100 people. That is a relatively small percentage compared to the entire population of the Lower Mainland. Yes, I have seen photos and everything about the parks/ Seawall and all the non-social-distancing.