Worth recalling from how reliant folks were at the time on the available data and not the possibility the data was simply inconclusive
https://twitter.com/scottgottliebmd/status/1231238697665757184
A lot of folks who are now openly talking about how hard they were fighting/how messy it was we’re denying real-time reporting that it was messy. Important theyre talking now, but there are real-world impacts from saying the media is wrong when it isn’t.
A lot of stuff also gets elided now. There’s no one who fought harder against mask use than Trump, with more pronounced consequences. But when the public was told early on masks don’t make a difference and health experts later said ... 1/3
...”we said that because of a PPE shortage for medical professionals,” the fears were valid but it left the public confused and doubters with something to seize on. 2/3
Again, terrific folks are making clear what was what at the time. And it’s understandable that errors will be made dealing with a pandemic involving a novel virus. But as it happens, these pictures are not simply up/down. 3/3
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