[thread] If we are "war" with coronavirus

This is aiding and abetting the enemy

I see no other way to explain it

Why would you NOT warn your citizens/local agencies to know?

It is providing succour to the "enemy"

This is not "letting it rip"

This is *helping* it rip
See a view on that approach to "responses"

So I am going to post some 1 video thread

That I have referenced so many times in the past year and a half amidst this pandemic

And the second an article I quoted long ago in this pandemic

It's from 1918

And gives an assessment of how elements of that pandemic were managed

I will do quotes from it first and then post the link at the end
"In handling any crisis, it is absolutely crucial to retain credibility. Giving false reassurance is the worst thing one can do.... almost as bad as outright lying is holding information so closely that people think officials know more than they say."
"This horrific disconnect between reassurances and reality destroyed the credibility of those in authority. People felt they had no one to turn to, no one to rely on, no one to trust."
"Virtually every expert on influenza believes another pandemic is nearly inevitable, that it will kill millions, and that it could kill more —and that it could cause economic and social disruption on a massive scale. This disruption itself could kill as well."
So here is a thread

On a simple topic

Remember all of this

Its victims deserve that

Those who cry their "world beating" or "world leading" successes - just look at the lies they tell

And ask yourself why they lie to you?

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