Le 25/02/2020 à 14:59, Carsten Bormann a écrit :
These organisations are good in their neutrality but the last thing
they will ever say is 'I dont know’.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22unknown%22+site:+https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/specific-groups/guidance-business-response.html
says:
… Much is unknown about how the COVID-19 spreads. Current knowledge
is largely based on what is known about similar coronaviruses. …
Right, it approaches a 'I dont know'.
A better of that would be to ask to not look at them central
organisation holding the Truth, but go ask at the local 'pharmacy'
(emergency medical store? 'apotheke'?).
For my part I went yesterday to 'pharmacy' asking for other things non
related to this situation.
A person next to me asked for masks. The person behind the counter
replied 'what do you all people have, do you synchronise to plan
something?'; he replied 'I dont know, I have kids, I worry'. For my
part, I understand there are many around me who want to buy masks.
That kind of local data is of huge importance. It is real, actual,
first hand and non tweaked. It is not the result of some committee
deliberation.
And so on.
I don’t think we gain anything from adopting the anti-science
positions
I agree. Reason should prevail.
It was not my intent to advise non-science, but to say that one can form
an idea of what's happening without delving too much into too many reports.
(as in, talk to your yoga teacher because they are more
trustworthy than the scientists are) that are so popular today. As
the other people replying on this thread have said, IETF leadership
is reacting on the issue in an exemplary manner; I’m really
impressed.
I do agree.
I am part of several groups, where several things are announced and
advised with various levels of authority and mandatoriness, but only at
IETF people are asked for opinion. That's key.
Among other things, that just taught me that the area just reported in
France news about Italy to be 'Sardegne' might actually be 'Sicily'.
For some people that might sound remote and of little importance, and
indulge the errors, but for others it might be of utmost importance.
(Obviously, anyone of us must decide for themselves how to handle
their safety, and anyone in a leadership position must decide how to
lead in this situation. And, yes: be prepared...)
Grüße, Carsten
Alex
