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Thu Aug 12 20:49:26 +0000 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

People *highly* value normal. Risk preferences vary. It isn't naive for societies to take accept some trade-offs or test out boundaries when they seek out something they value highly. Sometimes they'll move a little too fast. But it's not clear moving slowly is better. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 12, 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

One other COVID conceit I dislike is the idea that people are naive for "prematurely" seeking a return to normal. People claw back what they can. They succeed in some ways but others. *Some* strategies are naive. It isn't linear. But progress has been made in fits and starts. — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

A very popular but possibly dubious genre of COVID take is the one that asserts (or assumes implicitly) that the pr… https://t.co/X4Z5XEXKIL

Posted Aug. 12, 2021

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It's especially unclear given that the endgame is a disease that is very likely to become endemic. To my eyes, strategies that advocate for a slower return to normal do not seem to accept the endemicity of COVID. And one can argue *that's* pretty naive. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 12, 2021

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