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Fri Jul 30 13:19:10 +0000 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

I don't know quite the right analogy here, but it's a bit like concluding that earthquake-resistant buildings aren't very effective based solely on studying one magnitude-8.7 earthquake where some of them failed. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 30, 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

@joshtpm @NickAPappas I don't think the conversations are really about mask mandates FWIW. I think they're using mask mandates as a proxy for a broader set of anxieties. Which is frustrating if you (like me) narrowly support the new CDC policy on masks but are strongly opposed to e.g. new lockdowns. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 30, 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

A lot of this is from a failure to conduct real cost-benefit analysis on COVID restrictions. So we wind up with weird heuristics where sometimes risks were "rounded down" to zero even though they were never exactly zero. — PolitiTweet.org

James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki

People should stop pretending that it's a new revelation that vaccinated people could catch Covid and develop sympt… https://t.co/xLySLNULNV

Posted July 30, 2021

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