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How did we get here? Near as I can tell, it's morons setting moronic public health policy. Brian agrees with me. Here's the introduction:

Public Health Erred on the Side of Catastrophe by Brian McGlinchey

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, proponents of lockdowns, shelter-in-place orders, mask mandates and other coercive government interventions have characterized these measures as benevolently “erring on the side of caution.”

Now, as the grim toll of those public health measures comes into ever-sharper focus, it’s increasingly clear those characterizations were terribly wrong.

What’s less readily apparent, however, is how the very use of the “erring on the side of caution” framing was injurious in itself—by thwarting reasoned debate of public health policies, diverting attention from unintended consequences, and buffering the Covid regime’s architects from accountability.

To understand how the misuse of “erring on the side of caution” performed a sort of mass hypnosis that coaxed populations into two years of submission to disastrous, overreaching policies, consider how the expression is typically used.

In everyday life, one might err on the side of caution by:

• Leaving for the airport an extra 30 minutes early
• Carrying an umbrella when there’s a 25% chance of rain
• Opting for a less-challenging ski slope
• Going back into the house to make sure the iron is unplugged
• Getting a second medical opinion

Generally speaking, “erring on the side of caution” in everyday life means lowering risk with a precaution that has a negligible cost.

That's not how it has played out, has it?