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27 Jul, 4 tweets, 1 min read
This is a misunderstanding of public health
You know what's way more invasive and ethically complicated than the state mandating masks for a respiratory virus? The state mandating contact tracing for HIV patients. Yet this has gone on for decades and I haven't heard any complaints about "the nanny state"
Infectious disease control has always involved the state. It's always been intense. It has often involved legal pressure *on* individuals. In the case of HIV, the balance between public health & patient privacy is a real issue. As is trauma to the patient.
And, yet, masks, which cause no personal risk to anyone and are not traumatizing are suddenly some kind of extreme threat to individual liberty?

Many more state-sanctioned extreme measures have always been going on behind the scenes. People just haven't been paying attention.

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28 Jul
There's nothing wrong with explaining either of these these things. There's also nothing wrong with just telling him he's racist and/or stupid, given people have been explaining these things to him since before I was born and he has never listened.
Nothing wrong with ignoring him either, if that's what people choose to do, but it's not right to prescribe that's what people *should* do. The man is invited to college campuses. Ignoring him comes with its own costs. As does ignoring scientific racism more generally.
Finally, I don't think it's right to prescribe people give a well-cited rebuttal to racist arguments. This places an enormous burden on those who are the targets of racism, while also lending a lot of credibility to the argument itself.
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28 Jul
We hear a lot of criticism of the social left for shouting down "dissent," so I would like to know how, exactly, these critics would like Black people to respond to the argument that discrimination is rational based on the false claim that Black people are less intelligent
Seriously, how do you want people to respond to those who use social power & "science" to advance discrimination? Wipe off their Robert's Rules of Order, raise their hands, & say, "Respectfully, sir, I disagree that my race has lower IQ" ? editorialboard.com/p/that-the-gop…
And, for the record, I don't give a crap about Charles Murray. I am using him as an example to demonstrate how ridiculous so much criticism of the social left is. We're called tyrants b/c we don't think this guy & his ilk should be respected on college campuses.
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28 Jul
Is this the kind of conservative thinking we're missing on college campuses? The kind that combines "I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about," spurious inferences, and racism?
As I write in this piece, I welcome reasonable conservative thought on college campuses. The issue is that a lot of modern conservative thought defies the very purpose of education: actually educating people. alternet.org/2021/07/conser…
I don't care if you have a poster of Reagan over your bed or a copy of "Why Government is the Problem" under your pillow. My only issue is if, at school, you 1. lie or 2. discriminate. Unfortunately, a whole lot of conservative thought is comprised of both these things
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27 Jul
My latest for @johnastoehr examines the unvaccinated in America, which pollsters have typically divided into two groups: “The Wait and See-ers” & the “Definitely Nots.” The first group is diverse & responsive to incentives. The second? Not so much. editorialboard.com/p/who-are-the-…
These two groups are motivated by both old and new dynamics. The Definitely Nots include GOP partisans who have merged with the more traditional extreme anti-vaxxers. The Wait & See-ers exhibit behavior & motivations that we've seen before in under-vaccinated people
The Wait & See group is racially diverse. It's also comprised of a lot of young people. POC may lack access to the vaccine or experience some medical hesitancy due to racism. Young people are likely underestimating their risk & putting this vaccine off like they do the flu shot
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24 Jul
Hi y'all, please consider subscribing to the Editorial Board! @johnastoehr has given me the chance to write for a public forum, which is a dream come true. He's also featuring work from a variety of writers on topics from COVID, abortion law, systemic racism, & housing policy
To give you some examples, I wrote about medical racism and how this extends far beyond the doctor's office. Our society doesn't just mistreat Black Americans. We also judge and blame Black Americans for their own suffering & undervalue their pain. editorialboard.com/p/george-floyd…
I also wrote about how Republicans are not just hypocritical about markets, they've never really advocated for functional markets in the first place. editorialboard.com/p/the-market-i…
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23 Jul
First, abortion is not an infectious disease. Second, this precedent is actually not new. We've actually been rather lax about COVID restrictions compared to other infectious disease control. When I had TB, I would have gone to jail if I refused treatment or broke quarantine
Here's what I went through w/ TB: random check ups to ensure I was quarantined. Supervised medicine over the course of 7 months. Literally had pills delivered to me every day, unwrapped, counted, and popped in my mouth. I wasn't allowed to touch them unsupervised.
There is a lot of hardcore infectious disease control happening behind the scenes. People just didn't see it before COVID. It's why we don't have a big issue w/ TB anymore! You are legally mandated to be treated. Requiring a vaccine for employment is child's play compared to that
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