Cause and effect with COVID

It’s amazing how so many people feel like they’re experts on complicated issues because of what they read on social media, as this comic points out.

A state decides to open, then the state has a rise in cases. Ergo, opening caused more cases, right? Right?

CDC chief says Northerners heading South for vacation may be to blame for surge in coronavirus cases, not state reopenings

Can we please be honest and say that we don’t know? There are many factors involved, and the science is far from settled.

Let’s be reasonable and cautious, but when people think they can connect the dots, remind them they don’t know what they’re talking about.