The Pandemic Is Exposing the Limits of Science
Will the coronavirus do the same for medicine?
Consider masks, for example: The World Health Organization said early on that there was no point in encouraging healthy people to use them, but now most doctors agree that widespread mask-wearing is a good idea.
The pandemic has reminded us that science — and medicine in particular — has limits. In a way, the last few months have resembled what occurred in the 2008 crisis, as economists fought over the right response to the crash.
The academic community split between those who said the U.S. government should save all large banks and those who said it should let Lehman Brothers go bust.
Ferdinando Giugliano Bloomberg 25 May 2020
Consider masks, for example: The World Health Organization said early on that there was no point in encouraging healthy people to use them, but now most doctors agree that widespread mask-wearing is a good idea.
The pandemic has reminded us that science — and medicine in particular — has limits. In a way, the last few months have resembled what occurred in the 2008 crisis, as economists fought over the right response to the crash.
The academic community split between those who said the U.S. government should save all large banks and those who said it should let Lehman Brothers go bust.
Ferdinando Giugliano Bloomberg 25 May 2020
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