James Ryan

your adrenals are always holding back a bit to conserve in case you need it later. adrenaline is what gives moms superhuman stength to lift a car off their child once your body knows its going to die (it does know), they stop holding back

My sense is that there's been an internal war in public health between two factions - the "be honest and transparent to maintain public trust, and that is the way to get good outcomes" faction and the "lie and manipulate to get good outcomes" faction and that the latter had