Apr 26, 2023Liked by Counter Disinformation Project
I think the upshot of this, in several countries but also including my own, Australia, was that a decision was made to accept a certain number of child deaths, along with transmission via children to teachers and families. That decision, to save money at the expense of people’s (including children’s) lives appears to have backfired. Those lives were lost for no gain. The data was there, but decisions were made on the basis of biassed belief instead. This enormous wrong can never be put right, but it’s critical to thoroughly expose it so that hard lessons can be learned. We have a similar situation now with belief leading medical and legal guidelines around opioid prescription, instead of actual data, and as a result people are being left in agony, even after major surgery, and some pain patients are suiciding. The cost of ignoring, twisting, or outright lying about data is unbearable.
I think the upshot of this, in several countries but also including my own, Australia, was that a decision was made to accept a certain number of child deaths, along with transmission via children to teachers and families. That decision, to save money at the expense of people’s (including children’s) lives appears to have backfired. Those lives were lost for no gain. The data was there, but decisions were made on the basis of biassed belief instead. This enormous wrong can never be put right, but it’s critical to thoroughly expose it so that hard lessons can be learned. We have a similar situation now with belief leading medical and legal guidelines around opioid prescription, instead of actual data, and as a result people are being left in agony, even after major surgery, and some pain patients are suiciding. The cost of ignoring, twisting, or outright lying about data is unbearable.
There are certainly efforts to now disguise the damage done to children and Education workers