Thread by @GovindPersad

Last (grumpy) thread about #ACIP vax prioritization before bed. Sure, there are some hard tradeoffs, though looking for overlapping risk should make it easier, & ACIP could have had better framing. But critics have been a real mess. Exhibit A, dishonest quoting (aka lying): 1/6

Redfield: need to"demonstrate that we as a Nation also prioritize the elderly (>70 yo) who reside in multi-generation households. Often our Hispanic, Black and Tribal Nations families care for their elderly in multigenerational households and they are also at significant risk."2/

Here, current @CDCDirector Redfield (hardly "Mr. Woke"), after endorsing long term care priority, is sensibly arguing for another multi-factor (age+housing risk) priority similar to LTCF, which would also address disparities for "Hispanic, Black, and Tribal Nations families" 3/6

But commenter Chuck Ludlam cuts off 2nd half of Redfield's statement to falsely make it look like an endorsement of age-ONLY priority. And sadly so do @abbygoodnough and @JanHoffmanNYT in nytimes.com/2020/12/05/hea…. I tell my 2Ls if you do this in briefs you can get sanctioned. 4/6

Journalists! Former pharma lobbyists! Be honest when you quote. Don't create fake culture war controversy. If you don't think young'uns should get vaccines, at least model reading comprehension for them. Do you not realize ACIP and the CDC can read their *own statements*? 5/6

Then you have the religious leaders who on the one hand criticize essential worker priority, americamagazine.org/politics-socie… , while writing comments to @NASEM_Health to ask them to give 'faith leaders' priority. Confusing! "You hypocrite, first take the log," etc. Do better, people. 6/6

ok I googled and sadly Chuck Ludlam also went to Stanford AND is a lawyer senate.gov/artandhistory/…. First Scott Atlas, then our med school screws up vaccine priority, now this? At least I can blame @UMichLaw for not giving grads proper training on Rule 8.4(c) "misrepresentation"