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1. TZubiri · 1791175971 · focus · HN ↗

   >Irkutsk region Governor Igor Kobzev urged the public to remain calm after meeting with Rospotrebnadzor chief Anna Popova to coordinate emergency containment measures.

   >“All identified contact persons have been placed under medical observation. As of today, the contacts show no signs of illness, and their laboratory test results are negative,”

   Why is the knee jerk reaction of authority figures to say everything is fine? Be it epidemic risk, or cybersecurity incidents, the spokepeople always output noise in the form of "everything is fine", there's almost no signal

   1. pferde · 1791180615 · focus · HN ↗

      Because admitting there are problems causes the stock market to go down.

      1. 331c8c71 · 1791181355 · focus · HN ↗

         And said governer cares that much about the stock market of all things? He probably cares qzite a bit about his status and wealth but it's Russia, not US...

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