“[W]ith the original virus, you would have to be in a closed space within 3 or 4 feet of someone for about 10 minutes to be assured of picking up the infection. With the Delta variant, all you have to be is in contact with them for about one minute.”
al.com/coronavirus/20…
al.com/coronavirus/20…
“[I]f you went to your doctor with chest pain. We know what to do for that. We do an EKG. We run some blood tests. This is going to your doctor, except the doctor is a public health official who knows a lot about how epidemics emerge. There isn’t politics in this.”
Same for a mental health pandemic. We know what to do. We apply mental health measures. We study the results. This is going to your doctor, except the doctor is a public mental health expert who knows a lot about how psychic epidemics emerge. There is no politics in this.
A fellow psychiatrist: “the American Psychiatric Association enabled the spread of the Delta variant by remaining silent and/or muzzling [psychiatrists] who tried to speak out on the dangers of those with sociopathic personality traits and their ability to spread misinformation.”
The general ban on expert commentary the APA effectuated still influences what we can and cannot say. The Surgeon General, who issued a historic advisory on how misinformation kills, fell short of specifying that the public health crisis was a public MENTAL health crisis.
Dr. Michael Saag: “the assassination of the trusted voice. People who we normally in the past would listen to and heed, [those] individuals are still giving us sound advice, but they’re being demonized, [which has] taken that voice away to the detriment of everyone.”
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
