Little known fact: epidemiology in many ways is very Bayesian: you learn new information and change your views on different things. Even lesser known fact: the policy sciences, those that study public policy making, are ALSO Bayesian: you adapt to uncertainty in decision-making.
Did (some/many/several) epidemiologists change their views on masks? Most certainly. As more information comes through, more trials and research is done, The same happens when do you adaptive and agile policy making: you readjust your policies and interventions to the new..
... information you get.
(I'm not talking about Bayesian methods in epidemiology, which is an entire different field and area of study, but more on using Bayesian thinking as a metaphor for adaptive approaches to developing new interventions as we learn more information).
(I'm not talking about Bayesian methods in epidemiology, which is an entire different field and area of study, but more on using Bayesian thinking as a metaphor for adaptive approaches to developing new interventions as we learn more information).
