1/ I concur with my colleagues @angie_rasmussen @awgaffney @uche_blackstock @darakass & others.
Some thoughts:
1. Anyone who says "COVID is over" (as some began telling me in June) is BY DEFINITION privileged.
Some thoughts:
1. Anyone who says "COVID is over" (as some began telling me in June) is BY DEFINITION privileged.
https://twitter.com/angie_rasmussen/status/1459881488590245896
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2. Cherry-picking data is a common tactic used by disinformation-ists & science denial-ists.
crankyuncle.com/a-history-of-f…
2. Cherry-picking data is a common tactic used by disinformation-ists & science denial-ists.
crankyuncle.com/a-history-of-f…
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3. Motivated reasoning is not good journalism. Picking experts (who, BTW, are almost all old white men)to support your preconceived notions is not good journalism.
3. Motivated reasoning is not good journalism. Picking experts (who, BTW, are almost all old white men)to support your preconceived notions is not good journalism.
4/ As a society, we need to have a conversation about how to transition from the emergency phase of the pandemic to the endemic phase.
That DOES NOT mean throwing up our hands and accepting death.
That DOES NOT mean throwing up our hands and accepting death.
5/ It means having a frank conversation about what our goals are & what our tools can/can't do,
and coming up with a strategy that employs all the tools at our disposal to mitigate risk at a POPULATION level.
and coming up with a strategy that employs all the tools at our disposal to mitigate risk at a POPULATION level.
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