For much of last year, Georgia was a popular target for media criticism, with outlets like The Atlantic accusing them of experimenting in "human sacrifice"
So I thought I’d check in, and it turns out they’re 23rd in deaths per 100k & right at the national average. Confusing!
So I thought I’d check in, and it turns out they’re 23rd in deaths per 100k & right at the national average. Confusing!
But don’t worry, it wasn’t just The Atlantic, CNN’s @ChrisCillizza asked in July just “what the heck” Brian Kemp was doing by not permitting local mask mandates
https://twitter.com/cnnpolitics/status/1283801065809297408
Chris was following up on this gem from April, saying re-opening the state was a “high-stakes coronavirus gamble”
https://twitter.com/cnnpolitics/status/1252646557045919748
@ajplus breathlessly reported that Kemp was against mask mandates and said the White House task force warned Georgia that it’s policies “are not working”
https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1294320714409865217
Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Scott Trubey covered the dangerously bad Task Force strongly recommending mask mandates in Georgia.
Not sure why he cares, he has a mask on in his profile picture, that’s enough by itself to stop Covid dead in its tracks.
Not sure why he cares, he has a mask on in his profile picture, that’s enough by itself to stop Covid dead in its tracks.
https://twitter.com/fitztrubey/status/1294059544973377539
Unsurprisingly, Stacey Abrams slammed the Governor over his decision to reopen businesses, saying “there’s nothing about this that makes sense” and that pushing a “false opening of the economy” would be “putting more lives in danger”
https://twitter.com/thelastword/status/1252733887886827520
Vox also jumped in, saying that Georgia’s “controversial” reopening plan was forcing people to choose between their health and their job
https://twitter.com/ranimolla/status/1253321745869627393
But of course, the pièce de résistance was The Atlantic’s “Georgia’s Experiment in Human Sacrifice”
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1255559456777216003
I could do this all day, but you get the point.
The media and incompetent White House task force (sans Scott Atlas) repeatedly criticized Georgia and said that their policies were going to lead to mass death. Nearly a year later, their results are right at the national average
The media and incompetent White House task force (sans Scott Atlas) repeatedly criticized Georgia and said that their policies were going to lead to mass death. Nearly a year later, their results are right at the national average
We’ll never get follow ups about this, because most criticism and media “analysis” on Covid is about politics, not data.
Great work, everyone!
Great work, everyone!
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