of key premises of the danish response has been a an understanding that you need to trust citizens and that you acknowledge that citizens can deal with complex information unlike here in america where former president trump said he downplayed covet to try and prevent people from panicking okay considering how everyone hoarded toilet paper he may have made the right call but now more than NUMBER_TOKEN months after two weeks to slow the spread we still have u.s officials who are afraid to tell americans natural immunity works it's not just the danes who say governments need to trust people to handle complex information for one people can handle complex information is basically the whole idea behind america uncovered plus americans sat through six seasons of lost if that isn't proof we can handle complex information i don't know what is the british medical journal finds that we need the kind of transparency that isn't filtered through corporate press releases or statements to investors or a kind of pseudo-transparency in which the manufacturers are trying to massage or control the message and a study by the national academy of sciences says we even need to be transparent about the negative features of vaccines despite their crucial role in combating the pandemic this could decrease acceptance but increase trust of course i'm not saying there are any negative features of vaccines because that youtube ban hammer is always hovering above my head a lot of politicians feel pressured to just end the pandemic as quickly as possible and they'll do whatever it takes lockdowns vaccine mandates keeping schools closed you name it even when data on coronavirus cases no longer justifies it but while these harsh rules can work at first they tend to create a lot of problems down the line and they wreck long-term trust in the government sustaining trust during the pandemic is critical for health authorities both if repeated vaccinations are necessary and in preparation for future health emergencies the nordic countries seem to understand this in a democracy compliance with public advice and policy is a function of citizen discretion and hence the authorities must rely on persuasion and voluntary compliance persuasion and voluntary compliance i don't know sounds like something a hollow earth dwelling reptilian psychic pedophile vampire would say just to make us lower our guards and despite their high levels of support for the government's covenanting policies danes don't appear to resort to blaming and shaming to keep each other in line in other words most people followed the advice of the authorities and didn't take it upon themselves to police others but if i don't blame and shame everyone around me how will i feel better about myself you know besides eating meatballs while dancing to abba here in the u.s president biden met his goal of NUMBER_TOKEN percent of adults vaccinated with at least one dose but a month later he still began implementing vaccine mandates despite his earlier promise that vaccination would not be mandatory you can see how that lowers public trust in the government the only thing transparent about joe biden is his hair and biden's vaccine mandates lead not to cooperation but to endless partisan bickering making anything those in charge say harder to swallow than forticle so what do you think leave your comments below and if you like this show please know we could not do it without direct support from viewers like you visit URL_TOKEN america uncovered and contribute a dollar or more
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