Thread by @PeterHotez

1/5: So something I’ve not said but I I think should be said goes like this:

In 2020, the Trump White House unleashed a devastating deliberate antiscience disinformation campaign that cost thousands of American lives. I’ve written about this @PLOSBiology journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

https://twitter.com/danabashcnn/status/1367872824036179968

The point being in the past there was a deliberate disinformation campaign. That’s now that’s thankfully gone. So when @DrLeanaWen @ashishkjha @JReinerMD @CarlosdelRio7 @arimoin @VinGuptaMD @PeterHotez we ask for clarification from White House CDC or even if we criticize...

It’s not the same thing. All of us are speaking constantly to colleagues to figure a way out of this pandemic, and we have different perspectives and concerns. There’s no precedent, we’re devastated at the loss of 500,000 Americans who lost their lives.

We wake up at 4-5 AM speak to the American people during the day and night, go to bed late. Not complaining at all but when you hear us on the cable news networks it’s about solving problems. We are beyond devastated. We’ve all been brought to tears on national TV.

And we know our good colleagues at @HHSGov @CDCDirector @CDCgov @NIH @US_FDA @WHOSTP are doing the same. Sorry to be “Captain Obvious” here, but for some reason I felt compelled to spell this out