>Yes, they did sit down and think that through. That's their job. This is not the first epidemic.
So was “Two weeks to flatten a the curve” the plan that just happened to extended into a year or an always an intended lie?
So was “Two weeks to flatten a the curve” the plan that just happened to extended into a year or an always an intended lie?
When scientists in the U.K. started talking about herd immunity - the only way out of a pandemic - people went nuts and they quickly had to stop using the term and start reassuring more than informing.
Average pandemic is about four years, not much has changed. They just had to keep people going at the time.
That sounds a lot like saying "I'm smarter than you, so I'm going to lie to you, but trust me, it's for your own good".