Don't Lies - It's So Wrongheaded!

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Taiwanese government didn't mandate the use of mass masks immediately, but they ramped up production. They went from producing 2.5 million masks a day about in January when Juan fell to this week,. And so in two months, they're just completely wrapping it up. It was like a mindset mistake where if you're not instilling the drive in the fear, like in some respects, shortages are a very bad thing.

Ben and James discuss masks and Twitter’s decision to delete tweets about COVID-19.

Links

Zeynep Tufekci: Why Telling People They Don’t Need Masks Backfired — The New York Times
Ben Thompson: Unmasking Twitter — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Compaq and Coronavirus — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Zero Trust Information — Stratechery
China’s Decision to Leave Asymptomatic Patients off Coronavirus Infection Tally Sparks Debate — Caixin
Ben Thompson: Apple’s Organizational Crossroads — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Books and Blogs — Stratechery
Why It’s So Freaking Hard To Make A Good COVID-19 Model — FiveThirtyEight