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public health is about trade offs.

a fast spreading pandemic vs. this or that public health measure.

the damage to the public health community is done not because of things like operation warpspeed, but because of the realpolitik of WHO, China, Trump, etc.

responsible participants have to take the time and effort to communicate with the correct framing: as new data comes in the best course of action can change, the current best is X, based on data D1, D2, ...

of course what ended up happening was random factoids sprinkled all over various media channels linked to local/state/federal/global decisions/recommendations.

government agencies are absolutely not up to the task of doing responsible communication to the public in this day and age.