It’s easy to take progress for granted. The rule is that once countries pull onto the innovation highway, they stay on it. Sure, sometimes they hit traffic, other times they race forward, but the direction never changes: progress seems so automatic that we hardly ever question it.
The point about the purpose of tests and the accuracy required to fulfill that purpose is important. The government's requirement for a certain very high accuracy goes directly against that goal, while using the concern with false negatives as rationalization which can numerically be shown to be false.
Great post, the point about available testing being able stop the spread from the beginning and yet was banned by govt hurts; it feels like I’ve been robbed and loved ones have been murdered, but there will be no court case and no justice received.
Excellent post. I think this is the best one so far. I would have liked to see a tie back to principles, though. Specifically, the principle of individual rights and the government's role in protecting them.
The point about the purpose of tests and the accuracy required to fulfill that purpose is important. The government's requirement for a certain very high accuracy goes directly against that goal, while using the concern with false negatives as rationalization which can numerically be shown to be false.
Great post, the point about available testing being able stop the spread from the beginning and yet was banned by govt hurts; it feels like I’ve been robbed and loved ones have been murdered, but there will be no court case and no justice received.
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Excellent post. I think this is the best one so far. I would have liked to see a tie back to principles, though. Specifically, the principle of individual rights and the government's role in protecting them.