The issue of how to prioritize vaccines is genuinely complicated and one where science doesn't provide definitive answers - lots of ethical and logistical concerns as well.
the problems with the above are captured perfectly here
New @nature: Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizing
(open access!)
Our key findings:
-Median FB user gets 50.4% of content from like-minded sources
-But reducing exposure by ~1/3 for 3 months had no measurable effect on attitudes https://t.co/IpaHQ0bnGznature.com/articles/s4158…
Increased polarization and hostility are often blamed on echo chambers on social media.
We therefore look at the sources people are exposed to on Facebook to see (a) how slanted they are toward people's political leanings & (b) what effect changing those sources would have.
We estimate user political leanings with a validated classifier and categorize other users, Pages, & groups as "like-minded" (sharing user's leanings), "cross-cutting" (on other side), or neither (in the middle). Exposure data are June-Sept. '20, experimental data Sept.-Dec. '20.
Next I pressed ChatGPT to make synthetic @j_a_tucker, @AdamBerinsky, @emilythorson, @AliceMarwick, & @duncanjwatts more critical & to draw on specific research. Again not nearly as good as the real folks but how long until we're evaluating R2 on value above ChatGPT (VOCG)?
Here's a review written by synthetic me. I gave my paper an R&R, which I guess is a good sign?
Academics: Papers that say they are preregistered must (a) attach the prereg as filed and/or (b) provide a working link to the full prereg. Anything else should be bounced by the journal or rejected by reviewers. Otherwise prereg just becomes a totem people invoke w/no content.
I ran out of room but this too! Reviewers HAVE to look at the prereg. Writing down a few vague hypotheses and then saying the whole study is preregistered is not a preregistered study. Telltale signs: lack of description of deviations & what is exploratory
If you are an editor or on an editorial board, you need to include these checks in your post-submission workflow. Don't let papers get to the review stage that don't provide full preregistration information if they claim it!