Why does covid info keep changing?
I am tired of all the comments about how the CDC “messed up” or Dr. Fauci “lied” back in March or whenever.
Look, physicians and scientists make recommendations based on the information and data we have at the moment. But sometimes (often times actually) that information can change.
It’s called the scientific method. You take a plausible hypothesis (like asymptomatic people don’t need to mask or young people don’t seem to get sick) and test it vigorously to see if it holds true. During this process, you can find new information - including that your initial hypothesis was wrong! So you take that new data, reassess your hypothesis, adjust the methods, and try again until you can get reproducible and conclusive results that make sense... It’s all part of the science and research.
This process can take years (or even ongoing for decades), and usually you don’t have a whole country watching and critiquing your every move. 👀
So please 🙏🏼 - be patient, understand that science is a process, and our scientists and experts are working as fast as they can and doing their very best with the limited information we have.
p.s. What you DON’T do is be stubborn and change or manipulate the data to fit your thinking... Scientists would call that unethical and misleading.