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Covid-19 sent the world mad

9 bookofjoe 2 8/22/2025, 1:31:14 PM economist.com ↗

Comments (2)

bookofjoe · 5h ago

https://archive.ph/kLDS8

bell-cot · 4h ago

Yep. However much the experts thought they knew about virology and medicine (they were imperfect at best), they were utter crap at psychology, sociology, poly sci, and economics. And far too many of our supposed political leaders were either crap at leadership, or cared mostly about personal and partisan advantage.