tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post558972100259215553..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Nate SilverAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-35718821340611419792021-04-29T13:01:02.498-04:002021-04-29T13:01:02.498-04:00@ Sam - eh, his specific examples aren't that ...@ Sam - eh, his specific examples aren't that important, I don't think. It's the general idea that I think was more valuable.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-34436999663535422742021-04-29T12:38:08.302-04:002021-04-29T12:38:08.302-04:00I'd like to have seen the whole text in the bo...I'd like to have seen the whole text in the box, not the middle without both ends that got cut off. I couldna make heads nor tails of it, nor much of the middle, either.<br /><br />I am soooo bummed.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-72898713749128613242021-04-28T12:02:07.811-04:002021-04-28T12:02:07.811-04:00Yes, in an emergency, the ability to understand th...Yes, in an emergency, the ability to understand the main thing is the main thing.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-74173458755786301082021-04-28T11:51:21.095-04:002021-04-28T11:51:21.095-04:00I've worked on industry standards committees t...I've worked on industry standards committees that have real legal standing and by design/law they are slow moving and careful. In emergencies others have leeway to adjust (temporarily) but not to demand changes wholesale. The FDA and CDC are by nature overly risk adverse to the point of uselessness today and are easily politicalized. They seem to have no experience in actual public health with regard to dealing with real people. They also cannot balance risks to get the best practical outcome in any real sense. <br /><br />Dr. Fauci seems an absolute failure at developing strategies and realistic policies. His 15 months of fame have really gone to his head. The new head of CDC seems to understand this better, but lacks the courage to stand up to the lower level staff, thus lots of clarifications and backpedaling.<br /><br />But in the end obsessing over masks when you have one real job of nudging people to get vaccinated is a major failure. dmoellinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128088863830769762noreply@blogger.com