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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4852412" data-attributes="member: 48469"><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/05/liberals-covid-19-science-denial-lockdown/618780/" target="_blank">The Liberals Who Can’t Quit Lockdown</a></p><p><em>Progressive communities have been home to some of the fiercest battles over COVID-19 policies, and some liberal policy makers have left scientific evidence behind.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>"Lurking among the jubilant Americans venturing back out to bars and planning their summer-wedding travel is a different group: liberals who aren’t quite ready to let go of pandemic restrictions. For this subset, diligence against COVID-19 remains an expression of political identity—even when that means overestimating the disease’s risks or setting limits far more strict than what public-health guidelines permit."</p><p></p><p></p><p>“Those who are vaccinated on the left seem to think overcaution now is the way to go, which is making people on the right question the effectiveness of the vaccines,” Gandhi told me. Public figures and policy makers who try to dictate others’ behavior without any scientific justification for doing so erode trust in public health and make people less willing to take useful precautions. The marginal gains of staying shut down might not justify the potential backlash."</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Even as the very effective covid-19 vaccines have become widely accessible, many progressives continue to listen to voices preaching caution over relaxation. Anthony Fauci recently<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fauci-how-behavior-activities-changed-after-covid-19-vaccination-2021-4" target="_blank"> said</a> he wouldn’t travel or eat at restaurants even though he’s fully vaccinated, despite CDC <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html#anchor_1617376520653" target="_blank">guidance</a> that these activities can be safe for vaccinated people who take precautions."</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Scientists, academics, and writers who have argued that some very low-risk activities are worth doing as vaccination rates rise—even if the risk of exposure is not zero—have faced intense backlash."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4852412, member: 48469"] [URL='https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/05/liberals-covid-19-science-denial-lockdown/618780/']The Liberals Who Can’t Quit Lockdown[/URL] [I]Progressive communities have been home to some of the fiercest battles over COVID-19 policies, and some liberal policy makers have left scientific evidence behind.[/I] "Lurking among the jubilant Americans venturing back out to bars and planning their summer-wedding travel is a different group: liberals who aren’t quite ready to let go of pandemic restrictions. For this subset, diligence against COVID-19 remains an expression of political identity—even when that means overestimating the disease’s risks or setting limits far more strict than what public-health guidelines permit." “Those who are vaccinated on the left seem to think overcaution now is the way to go, which is making people on the right question the effectiveness of the vaccines,” Gandhi told me. Public figures and policy makers who try to dictate others’ behavior without any scientific justification for doing so erode trust in public health and make people less willing to take useful precautions. The marginal gains of staying shut down might not justify the potential backlash." "Even as the very effective covid-19 vaccines have become widely accessible, many progressives continue to listen to voices preaching caution over relaxation. Anthony Fauci recently[URL='https://www.businessinsider.com/fauci-how-behavior-activities-changed-after-covid-19-vaccination-2021-4'] said[/URL] he wouldn’t travel or eat at restaurants even though he’s fully vaccinated, despite CDC [URL='https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html#anchor_1617376520653']guidance[/URL] that these activities can be safe for vaccinated people who take precautions." "Scientists, academics, and writers who have argued that some very low-risk activities are worth doing as vaccination rates rise—even if the risk of exposure is not zero—have faced intense backlash." [/QUOTE]
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