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In reply to the discussion: What the Data Says About Pandemic School Closures, Four Years Later [View all]stopdiggin
(11,418 posts)as among those irrational and 'fairly useless' behaviors?
In my own opinion the 'once we had a handle on what was going on' - didn't come along until well into the arc of infection. And in fact, there's still a good bit we haven't fully figured out. Now the 'disinfecting every surface, including packagers left at the door' thing was clearly paranoid overkill. But I also think that people gave up that kind of over top behavior relatively quickly, and without a lot of cavil, once respiratory and aerosol transmission became fairly clear. Wearing masks on the other hand - despite a mountain of caterwauling and ridicule - saved lives, and would have saved more with better compliance.
Methinks, on balance there was a great deal more 'irrational behavior' - on the part of the nay sayers and those getting their 'information' from Fox News and talk radio - as compared with those that were avoiding shaking hands for a short while.