Thread by @DonaldWelsh16

We are in the midst of a highly charged public health campaign without precedent in modern history where measures are extreme and without scientific foundation. 1/

We are moving down a very dangerous path that deeply troubles me as a scientist. My tweets are designed to mitigate this trajectory, one pointing out the tragic history of public health in the dark times of the holocaust. 2/

https://twitter.com/DonaldWelsh16/status/1385522583966306308?s=19

I appreciate that some felt this parallel is too strong and I do apologize for that, particularly given the abbreviated format of twitter. 3/

But make no mistake, society is in very deep trouble and we desperately need to slow down and carefully think. This public health campaign is doing great damage to our open wonderful society. 4/

I'm always open to broader deeper discussion of data, theory and thoughts. I welcome all and block none in the spirit of serious academic engagement, as best achieved on twitter. 5/

I close by saying "Think of where we were a year ago and where we are today as a society." Would you have predicted that? End.