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SHSS | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Read the Real Anthony Fauci

The scientists were mostly useful idiots, sorry. 

Some of us knew the face diaper, quarantining, 6ft social distancing, vaccine developed in months, and vaccine passports were bad ideas. Saying “we didn’t know” is cope.
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ewok | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Cope for what? I have nothing to say about science policy because that’s not something I have a background in, but I doubt policy people would want to be cavalier with an unknown virus. Things like the viral origin, effectiveness of the vaccine and severity of covid and if/how it would mutate were unknown. And fyi no scientists I know thought the lab leak was outlandish. Most were like 5050 but you don’t go around accusing people before you know more. You don’t know until you know.