I think the deceptive part of the "two weeks" is that it's approximately the rational upper bound of long you can shutdown an area for an actual emergency (think mandatory evacuation).
Two weeks was obviously BS, because unlike in a disaster, nothing is going to change in two week.
Thinking hiding in the cave for two weeks and the monster would go away was laughably pathetic.
The idea of 2 weeks was because the covid max incubation period was 10 days, so in theory it would dead end in a bunch of people who had it at the time rather than spread further, and consequently slow the spread rate to something manageable. (There was a major N95 mask shortage, causing med world quite a bit of stress.) That's why most the med community was on board with it at the time.
The idea of two weeks was to get populations to accept the initial encroachment on their fundamental rights and liberty. Classic foot-in-the-door technique. Get the mark to make a small initial investment/sacrifice. That's all they needed to close the deal.
All it took was two weeks, the first promise of two weeks. That demanded all of society stop for a declared greater good. That wasn't much to ask of the global population? We're not THAT selfishly addicted to our freedum, are we?
It was never going to be two weeks and they knew it. They told us so, Fauci told us so, they knew they'd never get away with telling us the truth of how long they really wanted at the beginning. Foot-in-the-door.
Principiis obsta: Finem respice: Resist the beginnings: consider the end. Always.
I don't disagree. I take a positive view of it though, in that ultimately I think it backfired and has led to a backlash that has caused multiple areas to change laws that allowed it to happen in the first place.
I think the deceptive part of the "two weeks" is that it's approximately the rational upper bound of long you can shutdown an area for an actual emergency (think mandatory evacuation).
Two weeks was obviously BS, because unlike in a disaster, nothing is going to change in two week.
Thinking hiding in the cave for two weeks and the monster would go away was laughably pathetic.
there's a reason the Constitution has no pandemic exemption. it's during a crisis especially that you must stick to your guns
The idea of 2 weeks was because the covid max incubation period was 10 days, so in theory it would dead end in a bunch of people who had it at the time rather than spread further, and consequently slow the spread rate to something manageable. (There was a major N95 mask shortage, causing med world quite a bit of stress.) That's why most the med community was on board with it at the time.
The idea of two weeks was to get populations to accept the initial encroachment on their fundamental rights and liberty. Classic foot-in-the-door technique. Get the mark to make a small initial investment/sacrifice. That's all they needed to close the deal.
All it took was two weeks, the first promise of two weeks. That demanded all of society stop for a declared greater good. That wasn't much to ask of the global population? We're not THAT selfishly addicted to our freedum, are we?
It was never going to be two weeks and they knew it. They told us so, Fauci told us so, they knew they'd never get away with telling us the truth of how long they really wanted at the beginning. Foot-in-the-door.
Principiis obsta: Finem respice: Resist the beginnings: consider the end. Always.
http://changingminds.org/techniques/general/sequential/fitd.htm
I don't disagree. I take a positive view of it though, in that ultimately I think it backfired and has led to a backlash that has caused multiple areas to change laws that allowed it to happen in the first place.
Hopefully