1. Just two months ago @emmaogreen wrote this self-satisfied, scolding piece blaming “liberals” for being too cautious and therefore “anti-science” regarding COVID. 
2. @emmaogreen’s nasty, petty piece completely failed to wrestle with ongoing uncertainty about the virus. It also ignored the fact that individuals have unique risk factors – people who can’t get vaccinated for one reason or another or who live with the unvaccinated, etc.
3. And most disgustingly: @emmaogreen’s piece completely ignored the fact that being overly cautious is not the mirror image of being too lax – the public health implications ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. They are not “anti-science” in the same way. Not even a little.
4. Newsflash @emmaogreen: CARING “TOO MUCH” ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORS IS NOT THE SAME AS SHOWING DISREGARD TO THEM. Putting your neighbors in danger is not the same as taking extra precautions.
https://twitter.com/dril/status/473265809079693312?s=20
5. The piece also completely failed to wrestle with the fact that the CDC and other health experts have REPEATEDLY BEEN WRONG ABOUT THINGS. Initially, last Spring, the CDC said don’t wear a mask!
6. The idea that in the face of conflicting, changing scientific advice against a deadly virus people might choose to be a little extra-cautious was never deserving of a nasty self-satisfied scolding, @emmaogreen. Shame on you. Cheap garbage journalism.
7. Now that the virus is making hospital beds hard to come by in parts of Missouri and Arkansas, now that Los Angeles County is mandating indoor masking once again, @emmaogreen will you apologize for your nasty piece? Because you certainly owe the public an apology.
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