the sad fact is that they are under prepared
if they were better prepared then they would have N95 face masks for all health workers. Which would make a massive difference. In Italy today health workers that have tested positive have been told to stay at work because they're needed. An absolute crisis and it will happen here too.
I don't think they are outright lying. So your question is a distortion and I can't respond to that without a skewed answer. As said above, if you wash your hands and don't touch your face nothing bad will happen to you so why not.
It's actually super difficult to answer your question in text here because it's a complex answer and easy to misinterpret. So this is not how I feel and is IS s skewed answer, but the simple one would be, because they're trying to give us agency and to maintain public calm. basically keep calm and carry on is why. It can't hurt and we don't have N95 face masks to hand out is why. would be my guess, but as I said, this answer is a simplification of how I feel, I'm not going to write an essay you see, because I'm not eloquent enough to present a clear yet complex answer and actually would have to debate the question itself, not going to do that.
(, Thu 12 Mar 2020, 12:21, Reply)
even if they're just trying to give us agency and to maintain public calm
Why would you try and undermine that work? It's irresponsible isnt it?
so before you start telling people to disregard official advice on this, perhaps have another little think about it all.
(, Thu 12 Mar 2020, 12:44, Reply)
you're right
I think we've all had enough of what experts have to say.
(, Thu 12 Mar 2020, 13:10, Reply)
also
I have thought about it.
it's better to know the truth.
it may make you more anxious in the short term but that's better than a long term untrue propaganda leading to bad decisions. It's better to know so you can prepare. I don't want my dad to die you see. If he catches this, he's dead. So I wan't the truth so I can do what's important, Like get him an N95 mask before they go out of stock. Not be lulled into false security.
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(, Thu 12 Mar 2020, 14:35, Reply)