Thread by @TomBollyky

I am sorry you feel that way. I quoted you to try to give a fair representation of your piece. The original title and message of your piece as posted yesterday was this 1/

https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/1285649721458073601?s=20

You made an unacknowledged change to that title today to include public health, which I am glad you did. I think it improves the piece 2/

But I don’t feel your inclusion of this short paragraph in your piece about how we were losing the war against microbes until the vaccines accurately conveys the reality:

progress against infectious diseases in many nations occurred *ahead* of development of most vaccines 3/

In other words, I don’t agree with that excerpted paragraph says the same thing as my thread 4/

https://twitter.com/TomBollyky/status/1285319704740089857?s=20

All that said, I did not write this thread to try to embarrass you. As I stated to open the thread, I am a fan of your work and the site. I meant it. 5/

https://twitter.com/TomBollyky/status/1285319704740089857?s=20

I only wrote the thread because there are many policymakers in US and perhaps other nations too that are indeed acting right now as that there is nothing we can do against #COVID19 but wait for a vaccine.

That is just not so 6/

In current situation, I feared that people may take wrong message from your post, even if it may well not have been your intention that they do so 7/

The thread was meant as a substantive, constructive criticism of the accuracy of public post on widely read site and how it might be misused.

Not a meant as personal attack. 8/8