Particular expert-based claims about the climate future, for example, rely on an epistemic trust in numbers (Ezrahi, 1990; Porter, 1996) and computer models that solidified over decades (Edwards, 1996, 2010).
for - climate futures - based on numbers - alienate a large percentage of the population - become ineffective
What is a realistic timeframe on which “the point of no return” should be understood muchbetter and its implications communicated?
for - quote - at what date will current "hopium" approach of net zero delay be revealed to be ineffective? - 2030 - Jim Hansen
I believe that SMS 2FA is wholly ineffective, and advocating for it is harmful.
Would this also appyl to OTP by e-mail??
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Stokel-Walker, C. (2021). The search for antivirals for covid-19. BMJ, 374, n2165. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n2165
The vaccines aren't a force field that ward off all things COVID-19. They were given the greenlight because they greatly lower your chance of getting seriously ill or dying. But it was easy for me — and I'm not the only one — to grab onto the idea that, after so many months of trying not to get COVID-19, that the vaccine was, more or less, the finish line. And that made getting sick from the virus unnerving.
I had a breakthrough case of COVID-19 — despite my two shots of the Pfizer vaccine, the second one in April.
"breakthrough case" "despite" — surprise that they got it despite having been vaccinated
the realities of our still-raging pandemic, where even the vaccinated can get sick
"even the vaccinated can get sick" — surprise that they got it despite having been vaccinated
Crisis, L. F. T. (n.d.). The ‘noble lie’ on masks probably wasn’t a lie. Retrieved 7 June 2021, from https://lessonsfromthecrisis.substack.com/p/the-noble-lie-on-masks-probably-wasnt
Sinclair, S., & Agerström, J. (2021). Do social norms influence young people’s willingness to take the COVID-19 vaccine? PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/sybta
MacFarlane, D., Hurlstone, M. J., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2020, April 17). Countering Demand for Ineffective Health Remedies: Do Consumers Respond to Risks, Lack of Benefits, or Both?. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/xqckm